Lawyer Tony Brass points out that the warrants were for the Oakland address where the mayor lives - not for the Mayor Thao specifically. Brass emphasizes that Thao was not arrested and that she is fully cooperating with authorities.
The lawyer for Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says she is not a "target" of a federal investigation.Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was not scheduled to come to work at City Hall on Friday, the day after theMayor Thao has retained Tony Brass as her attorney to present her in a federal investigation. He is a former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney.
However, Brass points out that the warrants were for the address where the mayor lives - not for the Mayor Thao specifically. Nenna Joiner is a small business owner in Oakland. She believes that Mayor Thao is innocent until proven guilty. But her concern is how this will play out in the court of public opinion. Especially as the mayor is facing a recall in November.Recall organizers call on Oakland mayor to resign after measure garners enough signatures for ballot
"We just had a shooting. And we just got a chief of police. For this , we couldn't have our mayor come out. We couldn't have her come out and talk about it. This is unheard of!" says Joiner, in reference to the a mass shooting on Juneteenth where 15 people were shot.
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