Oakland mayor in crisis as lawyer, top aide jump ship following fiery speech after FBI raid

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Oakland mayor in crisis as lawyer, top aide jump ship following fiery speech after FBI raid
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In the past two days, two of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's advisors have stepped down from the embattled politician's team, including her personal lawyer.

Key players are ditching embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao as her administration and legal team convulse following an FBI raid on her house last week. Over the past two days, following a fiery speech she gave declaring her innocence, Thao lost her personal lawyer as well as the head of communications for her administration. A former chief of staff, who resigned in 2022, has called on the mayor to resign, noting that she quit because of a pay-to-play scandal involving Thao's administration.

I have a certain way of processing cases. Our attorney-client relationship was short-lived,' Brass told The Times. 'I have an approach, and it appeared as though she had a different approach. I did not feel like I was the right guy to follow hers.' After Brass quit, the mayor's head of communications, Francis Zamora, also left the office. He had been in the position for nine months. 'I resigned my position as Chief of Communications.

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