FBI raids Oakland mayor's home, several other locations in political corruption probe: source
abc7news.com
Just as the sun rose Thursday, FBI agents raided the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. There is no official word about the reason for the investigation, but sources tell the ABC7 I-Team it involves a political corruption case against the mayor and some of her supporters.
  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
    202·
    7 days ago

    Man, Biden is trying really hard to make the FBI look unbiased with all these fake raids of Democrats!

    (/snark in case it was needed)

  • Jesus@lemmy.world
    10·
    7 days ago

    I was a bit bummed that Loren Taylor narrowly lost in 2022. Thao beat him by .6% when round two of rank choice voting was tallied.

    Thao is from the Oakland Hills, and that’s the part of town with more money and higher voter turnout. Taylor, also a Democrat, is a black man whose family has been in Oakland for 3 generations, and he has an impressive education.

    I feel like Thao got the vote because people in the Hills thought she would prioritize their needs. IMHO, on paper, Taylor was better equipped to empathize with Oakland’s marginalized communities and was better prepared for the administrative needs of the jobs.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 days ago

    Sounds like it could be a corruption case moving on her. Oakland just can’t catch a fucking break, and they really need it.

    Fuck this lady, if true.

    • Jesus@lemmy.world
      31·
      7 days ago

      Yeah, Oakland is a great city that was starting to come up again, but it’s been back sliding over the past eight years.

      I will say this though, the last 6 months have felt a little different here. In a good way. Doesn’t quite feel like the Wild West right now.