Stratford Democrat Manus Removed Name From Voter Roll Before Today’s Guilty Plea.

Stratford Democrat Tina Manus requested local registrars of voters remove her from the town’s voter roll on October 12th. Today, Manus a former town council member, entered a guilty plea to one charge of wire fraud.

The charge and Manus’s plea arise from the case federal prosecutors brought earlier this year against state Senator Dennis Bradley (D-Bridgeport) over a fraudulent attempt to obtain public campaign funds for Bradley’s 2018 campaign. Manus has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in Bradley’s upcoming trial. Manus worked on Bradley’s campaign.

Manus was defeated for re-election to the Stratford Town Council in 2017. At her last council meeting she posted a foul comment about former state Representative Themis Klarides (R-Derby).

Manus is the second Connecticut Democrat to face a federal judge on criminal charges today. This morning, state Representative Michael DiMassa was charged with stealing $636,000 in federal COVID funds from West Haven, while he was employed by the City Council.

Posted October 20, 2021.