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2024-06-25 Government Corruption

Embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao claims FBI wouldn't have raided her home if she was rich

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Posted by Fred 2024-06-25 2024-06-25 02:04|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [111 views ] Top

#1 Oakland mayor’s attorney quits after being surprised by news conference
Embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s attorney has resigned as her counsel after the mayor gave a press conference Monday without informing him. Tony Brass, a high-profile attorney who also represents accused Bob Lee killer Nima Momeni, was retained as Mayor Thao’s counsel late last week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided her Oakland home.

“I have officially withdrawn as Sheng Thao’s counsel,” Brass told Bay City News, via text message.

The mayor remained silent for several days, declining to speak about the raid or to address a mass shooting in Oakland Wednesday, in which 15 people were shot at a Juneteenth celebration. On Monday, she broke her silence, addressing the shooting briefly before launching into a fiery, and at times emotional statement about the raid.

In the statement, which KRON4.com has learned she did not inform her attorney about ahead of time, Mayor Thao implied the FBI raid was connected to an ongoing recall effort against her. She also at times suggested that there were “radical rightwing forces” and a “handful of billionaires” from San Francisco and Piedmont “hellbent” on ousting her from office.

She provided no evidence to support those claims.

Posted by Frank G 2024-06-25 05:08|| 2024-06-25 05:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Next time have the donations smurfed, rookie.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-06-25 09:36|| 2024-06-25 09:36|| Front Page Top

#3 ...FBI wouldn't have raided her home if she was rich

You mean like Trump?

Posted by Mercutio 2024-06-25 11:21|| 2024-06-25 11:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Female Asian Democratic mayor of a large California city - talk about a protected species! So why is the FBI raiding her home?

"I want to be crystal clear: I have done nothing wrong,"
Smart grifters use minions and cutouts. Clean hands are happy hands.

Posted by SteveS 2024-06-25 20:24|| 2024-06-25 20:24|| Front Page Top

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