She sounds totally Democrat Minority Official Competent™. Hillary says: "*Hic*!" [NY Post] Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is sick and not lucid enough to decide whether to resign over a federal investigation into shady sales of a children's book she authored, her lawyer said Thursday.
I've had pneumonia twice. I might have been kind of woozy for a couple days, but three weeks after being diagnosed my wits had been back for at least two and a half weeks. Maybe I'm just not typical.
The embattled Democrat was at her house during an FBI and IRS raid on the property earlier Thursday and met with a doctor there, said her attorney Steve Silverman.
An earlier report from local outlet WJZ quoted sources saying Pugh had skipped town. But her lawyer ‐ whose office was also raided by the feds ‐ said he met with her for an hour at her Ashburton house, according to The Baltimore Sun.
"She is generally aware that there is a consensus that she should resign," Silverman said. "For people to make material decisions in their life, they have to be at a certain level of stability."
The growing controversy over the sale of her "Healthy Holly: series to the University of Maryland Medical System while she was on their board of directors has made it harder for Pugh, 69, to recover from a bout of pneumonia, her lawyer said. She also now has bronchitis, he said, and plans to see a doctor at home again Friday.
Pugh cited the illness as the reason for taking an indefinite leave of absence April 1 ‐ when the Gov. Larry Hogan called on the Maryland Office of the State Prosecutor to open a probe into Pugh's "questionable dealings."
The governor called on Pugh to resign Thursday, echoing the Baltimore City Council and Baltimore lawmakers in the House of Delegates.