BOSTON – A probe of a city official's calls to a Boston hotel and restaurant to warn of impending Teamsters picketing in June 2014 found no evidence of collusion with the union to influence either establishment, and concluded the official acted on his own.
The Omni Parker House hotel downtown and Menton restaurant in the Fort Point area both called off planned shoots of "Top Chef" episodes after receiving the calls, and the out-of-town production company moved the work to a restaurant in Milton. There, federal prosecutors have alleged, members of Charlestown-based Teamsters Local 25 intimidated the crew and members of the cast in an effort to force the company to give union members no-work "jobs."
Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in Republican presidential polls. The most recent CNN poll shows Trump with a 20-point lead over his GOP challengers.
