councilman bobby henon spoke about the investigation outside his council office. yewitness news" reporter greg argos is there and live outside city hall with what henon had to say, greg. >> reporter: good evening, the councilman did not say much but reading from a prepared statement he did say that to his knowledge neither he or his staff have been directly contacted by law enforcement. >> philadelphia it the i council, immediately jumping into their work load. >> one revolution. >> including councilman bobby henon representing the sixth district. part of the probe of the finances of the international brotherhood of electrical workers, local union 98 where dozens of boxes were seized by federal agents the same day. henon and electrician by trade is still employed by local 98 which is run by union boss john doing heard. >> under scrutiny my whole life. >> reporter: cbs-3 has learned that the city has hired outside council for henon but spokesperson refuses to say who is representing him. >> make a brief statement. >> reporter: thursday afternoon for the first time h

electricians union headquarters, and the city hall office of his friend and city council member, bobby henon. >> crime tape around house and union hall a little excessive. >> reporter: dougherty runs international brotherhood of electrical workers local 98 and heads the 40,000 worker philadelphia building and construction trades council. he has long been a powerful, political force in the city. >> make he make reference to powerful and political i say effective and not just in politics but we're effective in the community. we're effective in the churches. >> reporter: his hustle and desire to succeed for working man and woman he says was born on this playground at second and jackson. >> in that little playground i learned you had to be emotional, you had to care, you had to dive for loose balls. >> reporter: major phillies sports fan, always has been, and he too has an opinion on the eagles rookie quarterback. >> carson wentz is more of that philadelphia mentality. i think he is hard. our problem is he will take too many hits. >> reporter: football aside dougherty has much more serious thing