LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Councilman Curren Price Jr. passed out during a live press conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center early Wednesday morning.

The pressure from being indicted on multiple counts of public corruption appears to be taking a toll on the 74-year-old politician.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has filed two new public corruption charges against Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price after uncovering evidence that the city’s housing authority and LA Metro paid Price’s wife more than $800,000 total at the same time Price voted to award the agencies multimillion-dollar contracts.

“Embezzling public funds and awarding contracts for your own financial gain is the antithesis of public service,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Ho

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