More than 60% of voters in Oakland, California, voted to remove the Soros-backed Democratic mayor from office in November, saying that Shen Tao's “incompetence and fraud have accelerated Oakland's decline and led to long-standing business closures and closures.” He clearly agreed with the recall movement's claim that the Generations of families will be separated. ”
According to Mr. Tao, who desperately tried to play the victim and blame his downfall to “radical right-wing forces” to the San Francisco Chronicle, was indicted Thursday by a federal jury after months of FBI corruption investigations. It was done. Tao's boyfriend, Andre Jones, was also charged.
The FBI searched Thao's home in June and seized both her cell phone and Jones' cell phone, as well as three properties linked to members of the wealthy Duong family, the East Bay Times reported. was confiscated. shown The city has a curbside recycling contract through California Waste Solutions.
A spokesperson for the waste company told the Chronicle that California Waste Solutions “understands that no charges have been filed and is confident that it has not committed any wrongdoing with respect to Ms. Tao or anyone else.” “There is,” he said.
“She has to deal with the consequences of her actions.”
Auckland Public Ethics Commission suspect In 2020, the owners of California Waste Solutions, including David Duong and his son Andy Duong, were found to have illegally laundered campaign funds to then-City Councilman Thao and several of his colleagues. did.
After the attack, Tao insisted the investigation was not about her.
Authorities are expected to reveal more details about the charges and some of the findings later on Friday, but the Chronicle reports that the charges are related to Evolution, a project to build container homes for the homeless that involved the Duongs and Mario Juarez.・It was pointed out that there was a possibility that it had something to do with Holmes. , an individual accused of violating the law in trying to get Mr. Tao re-elected in 2022.
City released Just weeks after Tao's ouster, hundreds of documents related to an investigation into the Chronicle surfaced, revealing that Evolution Homes had spent $90 million building 300 shipping container homes and building the Auckland City Hall building. It became clear that he had been attacked. Evolution Homes representatives provided city officials with a list of potential funding sources for the costly initiative, including from the City of Oakland's emergency fund (possibly some federal funding). It seems like I did. Tao reportedly did his best to help plan the shipping container business.
Renia Webb, Thao's former chief of staff, said: said KGO-TV, “We have been informed that pay-to-play activity is occurring and that there is corruption within the administration.''
“I honestly feel bad for Shen. Again, she's a mother. She's very bright and smart,” Webb continued. “She just made a really stupid decision. She has to deal with the consequences of her actions.”
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