The “Healthy Holly” scandal has officially come knocking on Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s front door. Early Thursday morning, agents from the FBI and IRS executed search warrants on the embattled mayor’s home and offices, presumably in connection to the growing scandal over the highly lucrative book deals she secured while in office and serving on key city boards.
“The FBI Baltimore office and IRS Criminal Division out of DC are executing search warrants at Pugh’s home, a business address, an aide’s home and Baltimore City Hall, an FBI spokesman said,” NBC Baltimore affiliate WBAL-TV 11 reported Thursday.
Videos posted online show multiple FBI agents joined by at least one IRS agent converging on Pugh’s northwest Baltimore home, which WBAL-TV says she purchased in December 2016, as well as another house she reportedly owns nearby.
“The agents have been seen entering and exiting the home, as well as garages, which may belong to the home, or a neighboring home. Agents retrieved a couple of large boxes from the garages,” the outlet reports. “Around the corner, agents are serving a search warrant at the home where Pugh lived for many years, which is linked to the Healthy Holly scandal.”
Multiple videos of the raid have been posted online by reporters, including WBAL-TV’s Jennifer Franciotti and Fox45’s Joy Lepola Stewart:
@FBIBaltimore agent walks across street to home owned by @MayorPugh50 on Ellamont Rd. At least 3 agents on site along with IRS officials. @wbaltv11 pic.twitter.com/eQwOaUrXEb
— Jennifer Franciotti (@wbaljfro) April 25, 2019
IRS and FBI agents are at #Baltimore Mayor Pugh’s House pic.twitter.com/UVYvIyOQNa
— JoyLepolaStewart (@jlepolastewart) April 25, 2019
#Breaking Agents have been in and out of the Mayor’s house here pic.twitter.com/qUmZicz9Zq
— JoyLepolaStewart (@jlepolastewart) April 25, 2019
Search warrants being executed at #Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh as well as City Hall – a few agents have already left several remain inside no sign of Pugh pic.twitter.com/KacHPzI7ud
— JoyLepolaStewart (@jlepolastewart) April 25, 2019
Via RWF
