JUST IN: FBI and IRS agents searching Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's homes and City Hall.
Patrick Semansky / AP fileGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.BALTIMORE — Federal agents searched the two homes of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh on Thursday as well as offices in City Hall, an FBI spokesman said.
FBI spokesman Dave Fitz said FBI and IRS agents were"executing court-authorized search warrants" at"both residences and City Hall." The search warrants are sealed, and Fitz said he couldn't immediately release more information. The mayor's spokesman, James Bentley, said he has no immediate comment. Pugh's defense attorney, Steve Silverman, did not immediately return calls.
Pugh and five of her staffers are now on paid leave amid a scandal over her sales of children's books to entities that do business with the city.
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