Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (d) has granted the legal fees of $650,000 to be spent in preparation for last week's Congressional Oversight Interviews on Sanctuary Urban Policy.
During the six-hour committee hearing on March 5, lawmakers burned Wu, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D), and New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) in city sanctuary law.
“Do I need to spend $650,000 in taxpayer funds on a short trial hearing?”
A spokesperson for the WU office confirmed that the city has confirmed that the city will “pay” up to $650,000 to the law firm for a preparatory session that includes the mayor's senior advisor, Cabinet Office leaders, the Legal Department and the Boston Police Department. For another $8,500, Wu took dozens of staff to Washington, DC. The Boston Herald It has been reported.
Wu's office pointed out that outside law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel charged the city $950 per hour.
A law firm spokesman said boston.com “We are pleased to represent Mayor Michelle Wu and the city of Boston in this council investigation.”
During the interview on Tuesday GBH's Boston Public RadioWu defended her decision amid scrutiny over a massive bill.
She called the committee's investigation “very serious.”
“When you're watching it, it can look like a kind of show or production, Congress has power, and people in the federal government have the real power to enact results, whether it's federal funding or not, tracking some of the threats regarding prosecution of individual people or some of the threats regarding referrals to the Department of Justice,” Wu said.
“It's money that I really want to have no need to spend at all, and I want time from staff and teams who have been able to do things that are much better and far more important, but the stakes are high,” she said. “We are still continuing to produce the documents that are officially requested.”
Wu vowed to continue providing the required materials to the committee.
“When there was a threat of putting me in prison and stealing my funds, I had to make sure I was doing everything possible to represent our city well and representing the policy with full accuracy.
Democrat mayoral challenger Josh Craft defeated Wu by spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on legal preparation.
he It is listed“Mayor Wu said she's going to DC to protect the city. I support this. My question is, do I have to spend $650,000 in taxpayer funds on the court hearing of the show?”
Craft said WCVB“I understand preparations, but in an age when cities are becoming increasingly financially vulnerable, I think $650,000 reserves are a lot of money. Boston.”
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