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Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, a left-wing “progressive” whom voters recalled in November, was reportedly indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday in connection with a corruption probe of one of her campaign donors.
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was criminally indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury after an FBI corruption investigation that centered on City Hall and a powerful family that operates the city’s curbside recycling program, a source familiar with the matter told the Chronicle.
As Thao sought to argue she was the target of conservative backlash, her critics began blaming her for rising crime and cast doubt on her ability to do the job. While crime reports in the city decreased in 2024, her tenure was thrown into turmoil after the FBI raided her home in June in connection with its corruption investigation just two days after the recall petition was certified.along with George Soros-backed Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.
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