To sum up what has happened in the past few days, Mayor Thao learned last week that she would be facing a recall this fall. Then a couple days after that, the FBI raided her home, and several homes belonging to a wealthy businessman that has supported her in the past. Though she hasn’t been charged with any crime, it certainly doesn’t look good.
For four days after the FBI search, Mayor Thao was completely absent from public view. Finally on Monday of this week she reappeared and gave a 10-minute press conference denying any wrongdoing and also suggesting that the timing of the FBI raid was suspicious (since it came shortly after the recall was approved).
That press conference was the last straw for her personal attorney who she had hired just a few days earlier. He said he didn’t know in advance about the press conference and wouldn’t have advised her to take the tone she did. One…
