Oakland’s embattled mayor Sheng Thao gave her first public remarks Monday after federal raided her home.
Oakland’s embattled mayor Sheng Thao gave her first public remarks Monday after federal agents raided her home.
«I want to be crystal clear. I have done nothing wrong», Thao said, reading prepared remarks from the podium. «I can tell you with confidence that this investigation is not about me. I have not been charged with a crime, and I am confident I will not be charged with a crime because I am innocent.»
Her remarks, carried by FOX 2, come four days after FBI agents carried boxes out of the home she shares with her son and partner as part of an investigation that included searches of two other houses owned by another family.
Thao said the timing of the very public raid was «troubling» as it came days after backers of a mayoral recall were informed by the city clerk that they had collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, likely in November.
