Democrat de Blasio springs Obama pal

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DEMOCRATS​

Bishop Orlando Findlayter's political contacts stretch from City Hall all the way to the White House.


A day after it was revealed the Brooklyn pastor was spared a night in jail thanks to Mayor de Blasio, pictures surfaced of the powerful clergyman meeting with Obama.





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Update: Democrat de Blasio in denial.​

A visibly shaken Mayor de Blasio grew red-faced Thursday as he fended off more questions about his late-night call to the NYPD on behalf of a longtime supporter who’d been picked up by police.

Speaking a press conference about snow conditions at the Office of Emergency Management headquarters, the usually genial de Blasio showed his testier side when the subject of Bishop Orlando Findlayter came up.

“It’s very simple. I received a report. I made an inquiry,” said de Blasio of his call Monday night to NYPD Deputy Chief Kim Royster to inquire about Findlayter’s status.

“(Royster) came back with an answer that the situation had been settled. And I thought the precinct commander handled it well. That was his choice to make obviously,” the mayor said.

Findlayter, the founder of the New Hope Christian Fellowship Church, was detained by police on outstanding warrants Monday night after cops pulled him over for a routine traffic stop in East Flatbush.

He was released after de Blasio’s call to Royster. Findlayter didn’t immediately have to face a judge because of his political connections.

THINK THEY BOUGHT IT, BISH?​

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