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‘I Prefer A Private Room’: Phone Calls Pull Back Curtain At City Hall In Trial Of Ex-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 26, 5:25 PM PDT
updated Oct 29, 10:45 AM PDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Lodi News-Sentinel, KSTS and KGO-TV (ABC7 Bay Area), not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Secret recordings detailing an alleged deal and phone calls from City Hall were played for the jury in the corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, KGO-TV and the Lodi News-Sentinel reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 1, Oct 29, 11:54 AM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Secret recordings detailing alleged deal played in corruption trial of ex-Oakland mayor Sheng Thao · KGO-TV (ABC7 Bay Area)
- Jurado escucha grabaciones secretas durante juicio por corrupción de exalcaldesa de Oakland Sheng Thao · KSTS
- ‘I prefer a private room’: Phone calls pull back curtain at City Hall in trial of ex-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao · Lodi News-Sentinel
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
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