Eldorado Posted April 26, 2019 #1 Share Posted April 26, 2019 "Supporters of Baltimore's embattled mayor have grown largely quiet as a chorus of resignation calls has dramatically swelled following raids of her government offices, her two city homes and other locations by teams of federal investigators carting out boxes of evidence." "In the latest image-tarnishing scandal for struggling Baltimore, investigators with the FBI and IRS have joined multiple probes looking at the Democratic mayor's lucrative sales of her obscure self-published children's books to customers that included a hospital network she once helped oversee and a major health plan that does business with the city." Full report at UK Yahoo News: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/baltimore-mayor-urged-resign-federal-raids-025545396.html? Video report at reuters: https://mobile.reuters.com/video/2019/04/26/fbi-and-irs-raid-baltimore-mayors-home-c?videoId=542351742&videoChannel=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted April 26, 2019 #2 Share Posted April 26, 2019 is it illegal for her to sell that book if it went thru proper bidding process, and won the bid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnicolette Posted April 26, 2019 #3 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Oh my god she sold children's books! The audacity! Im willing to bet that this was not the reason somebody wanted her to resign, just the means to force it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted April 26, 2019 #4 Share Posted April 26, 2019 It's not what she was selling, it's how she was selling them. There is a difference. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl.Of.Trumps Posted April 26, 2019 #5 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Well., the raids were federal so no conflict of interest. I'll wait 'til I see the actual charges. But something tells me she broke laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skliss Posted April 26, 2019 #6 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Thinly disguised kick-back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted April 26, 2019 #7 Share Posted April 26, 2019 ^^^ sounds very plausible, what is also plausible she did not share, thus got in troubles. no honor among thieves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromdor Posted April 27, 2019 #8 Share Posted April 27, 2019 She really should have just charged a $300,000 membership fee to visit her property or sold 50 or so unused room rentals on AirBnB at her house. That appears to be a perfectly legal way to get money from dubious sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jim Posted April 27, 2019 #9 Share Posted April 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Gromdor said: She really should have just charged a $300,000 membership fee to visit her property or sold 50 or so unused room rentals on AirBnB at her house. That appears to be a perfectly legal way to get money from dubious sources. Being honest is also an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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