Brian Banks (politician)

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Brian Roderick Banks
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Member of the MichiganHouseofRepresentatives
from the 1st district
In office
January 1, 2013 –February 6, 2017

In December 2017 the Detroit Free Press obtained FBI wiretap transcripts that were unsealed in U.S. District Court. The investigation is linked to a corruption case against Gasper Fiore, the owner of Boulevard & Trumbull Towing, a large City of Detroit contractor. In December 2017 Fiore entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office, in which he agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. According to court documents, the government had probable cause that Fiore and 17 other targets were involved in several crimes, including: extortion, wire fraud, bribery and conspiracy to distribute marijuana.

Fiore was so politically connected that in 2016 his daughter helped write an amendment to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) budget that ensured his company would win a multimillion-dollar contract, federal documents show. Along the way, Fiore appeared to have gotten help from Banks. "Fiore is involved in bid-rigging with legislator Banks," Special FBI Agent Robert Beeckman wrote in 2016 affidavit, which included intercepted text messages and phone calls between Fiore and Banks. [50]

According to the affidavit, in a May 5, 2016, phone conversation, Fiore and Banks spoke about the MDOT contract when Banks mentioned Fiore's political "might." "MDOT said you have a mighty force behind you ... They said: 'We don't want to mess with that force,' " Banks said. Fiore responded: "Mmmmmm yeah. Does that mean, So what they doing with the deal then?" Banks: "So, you good so far. You hear me." On May 26, a phone call between Gasper Fiore and Banks again discussed the MDOT contract. "MDOT said you have a mighty force behind you," Banks stated. Fiore laughed in response. "They said you – 'We, we don't want to mess with that force behind you.'" Later in the conversation, Banks again reassures Fiore: "You know with the MDOT, you good." [50]

The conversation between Banks and Fiore was among many that the government obtained after bugging Fiore's phone. [50]

Electoral history

2012 Michigan 1st House District Primary Election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Banks 2,304 30
Democratic Scott Benson2,20829
Democratic Christopher Cavanagh1,27517
Democratic Valerie Kindle1,23516
Democratic Gregory Robinson4506
2012 Michigan 1st House District General Election [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Banks 27,843 70
Republican Dan Schulte11,48929
2014 Michigan 1st House District Primary Election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Banks 3,140 42
Democratic Rebecca Thompson2,64536
Democratic Michael Koester81311
Democratic Taryn Jones2964
Democratic Harry Scott1592
Democratic Paul Fillmore1522
Democratic Corey Gilchrist1231
2014 Michigan 1st House District General Election [13] [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Banks 15,992 67.27
Republican John Hauler7,78232.73
2016 Michigan 1st House District Primary Election [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Banks 3,293 44
Democratic Pamela Sossi2,61836
Democratic Washington Youson5737
Democratic Keith Hollowell5075
Democratic Corey Gilchrist2182
Democratic Kameshea Amos2112
2016 Michigan 1st House District General Election [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Banks 24,947 68
Republican William Broman11,55831
2018 Michigan 2nd Senate District Primary Election [54]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Adam Hollier 6,927 25
Democratic Abraham Aiyash5,76421
Democratic Brian Banks4,71917
Democratic Regina Williams2,5929
Democratic LaMar Lemmons III 2,5059
Democratic John Olumba 1,7306
Democratic George Cushingberry1,1164
Democratic Anam Miah9313
Democratic Lawrence Gannan5552
Democratic William Phillips3281
Democratic Tommy Campbell2640
2022 Wayne County Commission District 1 Primary Election [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tim Killeen 9,312 62
Democratic Brian Banks5,76538

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