Feds want corrupt LA politician Jose Huizar to do 13 years for RICO pay-to-play conspiracy

Huizar had been on the Los Angeles City Council for 15 years when he resigned in 2020 amid a criminal case stemming from his Vegas gambling trips with a developer.

Prosecutors want a former Los Angeles politician to serve 13 years in federal prison for turning his downtown City Council district into a racketeering enterprise that included lavish Las Vegas gambling parties and trysts with prostitutes arranged by a billionaire developer who’s now a fugitive.

The recommendation from the U.S. Attorney’s Office asks U.S…