Filed a motion today that claims the fbi has evidence of top city leaders accepting illegal money but they claim federal prosecutors refused to good after them. Carolyn tyler has the story. Is the fbi corrupt or are politicians corrupt but i garren tie one or the other. Reporter curtis bringing recommendation raymond chow and 7 others go on trial this fall on charges of racketeering, Money Laundering and trafficking drugs and weapons. The charges came after a lengthy federal investigation. Now chow attorneys say it was selective prosecution that fbi documents show San Francisco mayor ed lee should also have been indicted. Concerning to the fbi he sat down with federal agents undercover. He took money from them. His staff took money from them supposedly knowledgeable about what the money was for and he attempted to, to i guess pay up on the bribe. Reporter late this afternoon mayor lee fired back saying the accusation are old and untrue. Everybody makes whatever alleys they want to make
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. More than 30 suspicious fires in the east bay, tonight, investigators believe one person started all of them. This guy. At least eight east bay cities got torched at some point. The hot spots were highway 4, highway 24, and marsh creek road. Christin ayers is standing near one of the crime scenes. Christin . Reporter yeah guys, you are looking at some of the damage firefighters say james wilson did all over the east bay. Set fires that blackened hillsides like this one and got close to home in some cases. By midsummer, the fires were happening frequently. July 20, this 20acre fire flared in bay point. A smaller fire in lafayette burned eight acres. Then july 30, a series of small fires. Firefighters didnt say they believed it was the work of the same serial arsonist. We needed to keep that secret so we could catch this person. The one thing we didnt want was for them to go into hiding and feel they were onto them. So we kept that
Lifes the food that brings us together. And kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. More than 30 suspicious fires in the east bay, tonight, investigators believe one person started all of them. This guy. At least eight east bay cities got torched at some point. The hot spots were highway 4, highway 24, and marsh creek road. Christin ayers is standing near one of the crime scenes. Christin . Reporter yeah guys, you are looking at some of the damage firefighters say james wilson did all over the east bay. Set fires that blackened hillsides like this one and got close to home in some cases. By midsummer, the fires were happening frequently. July 20, this 20acre fire flared in bay point. A smaller fire in lafayette burned eight acres. Then july 30, a series of small fires. Firefighters didnt say they believed it was the work of the same serial arsonist. We needed to keep that secret so we could catch this person.
Chow dropped his attorneys filed a court motion claiming he was unfairly targeted by the governments politically tainted selective prosecution. Chows lawyers write the fbi alleged ed lee took substantial bribes in exchange for favors and that federal prosecutors gave lee and other Public Officials a pass, ignoring overwhelming evidence against them. Mayor lee has denied the allegations. So have board of supervisors president london breed and Alameda County assistant District Attorney charmin bach mentioned in the filing. Walk has been placed on paid leave. The chronicle reports both the City Attorney and District Attorney are investigating claims pertaining to the case. Joining us now are marisa lagos kqeds politics and government reporter. Rory middle, former federal prosecutor and professor at Hastings College of law. Welcome to you both. Let me begin with you. Federal prosecutor, you know how these public Corruption Cases work. If you were mayor lee how worried would you be . Rememb
Chow dropped his attorneys filed a court motion claiming he was unfairly targeted by the governments politically tainted selective prosecution. Chows lawyers write the fbi alleged ed lee took substantial bribes in exchange for favors and that federal prosecutors gave lee and other Public Officials a pass, ignoring overwhelming evidence against them. Mayor lee has denied the allegations. So have board of supervisors president london breed and Alameda County assistant District Attorney charmin bach mentioned in the filing. Walk has been placed on paid leave. The chronicle reports both the City Attorney and District Attorney are investigating claims pertaining to the case. Joining us now are marisa lagos, kqeds politics and government reporter. Rory middle, former federal prosecutor and professor at Hastings College of law. Welcome to you both. Let me begin with you. Federal prosecutor, you know how these public Corruption Cases work. If you were mayor lee how worried would you be . Remem