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OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- It has been three weeks since the FBI raided the home of Mayor Sheng Thao -- and three other locations in the city -- as part of a political corruption probe.
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is facing up to 95 years in prison after pleading not guilty to federal bribery charges. Three others have also been indicted following a corruption investigation.
Thao, a progressive politician, was elected in 2022 and became the city’s first Hmong mayor. After her election, she promised to bring the city together to tackle Oakland’s most pressing ...
Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...
Rivals of recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao react to indictment 03:56. The federal corruption charges against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao did not come as a surprise to many of her political ...
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao talks with a guest, left, and Elizabeth Echols, right, president of the East Bay Regional Parks District Board of Directors, during the election night watch party for ...
Federal investigators are also requesting documents related to the 2022 Oakland mayoral election, when Thao was elected as the first Hmong mayor of a major U.S. city. California.
Following Thursday's FBI raid on her home, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has hired a criminal defense attorney who says it is not clear that she is even the subject of the investigation.
Embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao blasted the federal investigation that led to the FBI raiding her California home last week — claiming if she was rich and went to an elite school she wouldn't ...
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is not the target of a FBI investigation that resulted in raids at multiple properties this week, including her own residence, her attorney says.