later the fbi's briefing content s were leaked to the media even though the fbi promised confidentiality. that leak falsely labeled our oversight work as, you guessed it, russian disinformation. to this day over four years later the intelligence community and the fbi refuse to provide us the intelligence basis for that briefing. the title of this wall street journal article sums it up. "the fbi's dubious briefing. did the bureau said two gop senators up at the behest of democrats?" -- set two gop senators up at the behest of democrats?" i know people in and out of congress who know what government weaponization is. then we get to eat special counsel jack smith and his operation. it involved an unprecedented fbi raid on trump's house, including agents that even searched the former first lady's clothing drawers. hillary clinton and joe biden certainly did not receive the same treatment by government regarding their records. indeed, as my oversight exposed, the fbi amazingly agreed to destroy laptop records associated with clinton staff. this orwellian conduct should have no quarter. on top

the fbi, the u.s. postal inspection service who worked side-by-side with us to meticulously advance this investigation. also wanted to thank you all for your continued interest in this case. thanks >> all well, fielding i will that's point you have question. say name and unity out closer >> was involved in this >> the defendants appear this morning in united states district court open court house before magistrate judge to be arraigned. leave that to 10, 30. >> reminder site say property play side services 100 contract >> thank you for the question. i can just refer you to the allegations in the indictment which are quite detailed and urge you to read it describes an agreement to extend a recycling contract for the company owned by the grounds. >> and with nothing >> the maximum sentences will be read out by the magistrate and the prosecutors today. it's an 8 count indictment. it varies, course, the maximum sentence isn't necessarily the sense that will be imposed. those are set by federal sentencing g

out of the fbi. do you agree? >> i have not seen his comments to mr. patel. i will review them but we have to do anything we can to protect our country. again, mr. patel would fall under me and the department of justice. and i will ensure that all laws are followed. and so will he. >> there are many decisions made by the fbi director having seen a number of them through their work that can be made. while i agree you will be the boss of kash patel, i'm not sure that you would be able to intervene with every decision or position that he had or know what he's doing. so let's continue. do you agree it is the duty of the justice department to defend the laws congress passes and we commit to do even when the president may disagree with an ad campaign against passage or call for its repeal? president reagan's ag william french smith said the department policy was the department has a duty to defend an act of congress whenever a a reasonae argument can be made in its support for i'm specific referring to the

out of the fbi. do you agree? >> i have not seen his comments to mr. patel. i will review them but we have to do anything we can to protect our country. again, mr. patel would fall under me and the department of justice. and i will ensure that all laws are followed. and so will he. >> there are many decisions made by the fbi director having seen a number of them through their work that can be made. while i agree you will be the boss of kash patel, i'm not sure that you would be able to intervene with every decision or position that he had or know what he's doing. so let's continue.

now to another fbi investigation surrounding a bay area politician. agents served a search warrant at the home of a san leandro council member yesterday. so let's go ahead and bring in our robert honda, who has spent his day digging into what exactly happened there. robert, what are you learning? well, you mentioned the controversy surrounding the former oakland mayor sheng thao, and this case would apparently be connected. when you kind of look at the surface evidence again, nothing has been proven or there's no charges involved in this case. but city councilman brian azevedo's home was raided by the fbi yesterday morning. and as youentioned earlier, sheng thao home was also raided by the fbi last june. that isn't the only connection, though. both of them were involved in a 2023 trip to vietnam that was sponsored at least partly by the duong family, and it seems as though many of the people involved in that trip are sort of connected somehow in this fbi investigation. so that's what the speculation has been by many people here, that the raid on brian

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but neighbors confirmed they saw the fbi raiding the home wednesday morning. they also say they don't know why they come in for a reason. they not coming to say hi. that's what i would say. but innocent until proven guilty, right? yes. yes. that was a sentiment expressed by many people today speculating on whether azevedo is somehow, directly or indirectly involved in an ongoing fbi investigation into east bay corruption. we do know azevedo was part of a group, along with former oakland mayor sheng thao, who went on a 2023 trip to vietnam sponsored in part by the prominent east bay duong family. tao's home was raided by the fbi last june, as were several homes and businesses belonging to the duong family. both tao and the duong's have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. legal analyst stephen clark emphasized azevedo is presumed innocent and has not been charged, but says there could be a link between both cases. i think what the fbi is doing now is widening the investigation from what they had done previously in their search warrants of both sheng thao home as w

out of the fbi. do you agree? >> i have not seen his comments to mr. patel. i will review them but we have to do anything we can to protect our country. again, mr. patel would fall under me and the department of justice. and i will ensure that all laws are followed. and so will he. >> there are many decisions made by the fbi director having seen a number of them through their work that can be made. while i agree you will be the boss of kash patel, i'm not sure that you would be able to intervene with every decision or position that he had or know what he's doing. so let's continue. do you agree it is the duty of the justice department to defend the laws congress passes and we commit to do even when the president may disagree with an ad campaign against passage or call for its repeal? president reagan's ag william french smith said the department policy was the department has a duty to defend an act of congress whenever a a reasonae argument can be made in its support for i'm specific referring to the

first the fbi raid and now the indictment. oakland's recalled mayor sheng thao officially indicted, and she's not the only one. plus, we are live in the fire zone. progress for homeowners and students as communities are dealing with the harsh reality of altering or canceling future plans. plus, feeling the effects of a trump presidency even before he's inaugurated. why we might have a citrus problem with our california farms. and here comes the nba all star game. our warriors insiders are with us to talk about the glitz and glamor that's heading to chase center and the oakland arena. good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight i'm raj mathai. could the slumping warriors ever trade steph curry? our warriors insiders are with us. they'll join us in a few minutes. we'll also get to our crews in the fire zone down in la. but we start with the highly publicized story on the peninsula. a teenager convicted in a deadly crash has learned his fate. that crash happened back in 2022. two cars were racing along el camino real in redwo

a part of that fbi report, and you have one person trying to contact the fbi repeatedly who doesn't get her calls returned. >> yeah, the report seems extraordinarily incomplete. >> and we just heard a little bit of real democratic outrage yesterday about that fact. let's recall, of course, that the trump team, initially for weeks, stonewalled the idea of any background checks, certainly by the fbi, as they, as the president elect, began selecting his possible cabinet members. >> they wanted to do the background checks through a private company. >> there were real concerns there that that wouldn't be complete. they eventually relented and let the fbi take part. >> but it seems here, not able to talk to every pertinent person, including these ex-wives and those who suggested hegseth behaved inappropriately with them. so i think right from the get go in this hearing today, slated for this morning, the first of a series of high profile and some incendiary hearings, we're going to hear from democrats crying foul on this very process now. pete hegseth himself, he's his testimony prepared test

fbi. i currently serve as the assistant director of our critical instant response group in quantico, virginia. i've done that since july be, as you mentioned. in that past, i lead the fbiests in response to critical incidents and major investigations, which includes responsibility for to critical incidents and major investigations which includes responsibility for our counter unmanned aircraft program. as the u.s. continues to grow among the law enforcement sectors this technology also lends itself to increase malicious use by state, non-state and lone actors as you know. this technology poses some unique security challenges for us. for using a uas to conduct espionage and the u.s. naval facility in january. we believe uas are being flown for similar purposes over sensitive facilities across the united states. >> just last month the suspect was arrested and charged for intending to use a uas with an explosive device. that subject was driven by an ideology to disrupt society to collapse the

. >> the fbi and u.s. attorney's office is not commenting or confirming the indictment, but we do know the fbi has scheduled a news conference to announce the results of a major law enforcement action which may finally reveal some answers in a corruption investigation that's entangled several oakland power players. seven months after fbi agents descended on the oakland home of then mayor sheng thao in an early morning raid a report that she's been criminally indicted by a grand jury. an indictment suggests the charges could be severe. >> what immediately goes through my head is somebody is in trouble, presumed innocent, but federal prosecutors and the fbi generally don't indict somebody unless they think they have sufficient evidence and usually they have cooperators. >> reporter: thao did not respond to our request for comment. she has repeatedly said she has done nothing wrong and told cbs news bay area back in july she was not the target of the fbi's investigation. >> i have done nothing wrong and i exp

later the fbi's briefing contents were leaked to the media even though the fbi promised confidentiality. that leak falsely labeled our oversight work as you guessed it, russian disinformation. to this day over four years later the intelligence community and the fbi refused to revive us the intelligence basis for that briefing. the title of this "wall street journal" article sums it up quote the fbi's dubious briefing to the bureau sent to the u.s. gop senators up at the behest of democrats in the quote. so i know, is other people on this committee and in and out of congress know, what government weaponization is. and then we will get the special counsel jack smith and is operation. i'm unprecedented fbi raid on trump's house including agents that even search the former first ladies drawers. hillary clinton and joe biden certainly did not receive the same treatment by government regarding their records. indeed as my oversight exposed the fbi amazingly agreed to destroy laptop records and records associated with clinton's staff. this orwellian conduct should have no order. on top of it al

wanted to be an fbi agent. right now, the fbi needs, need, needs an image overhaul. so you have a real task ahead of you in two areas to restore trust to many americans who have lost trust in department of justice, and to make sure that this country is safe from drug cartels that are killing 3000 americans every two weeks for money to go after these people and to protect our homeland that's under siege. i think you're the perfect pick at one of the most dangerous times in american history, and i look forward to supporting you. >> thank you. senator. >> senator whitehouse, thank you, chairman. welcome, miss bondi. >> thank you, senator, and thank you for meeting with me. i greatly appreciate that. >> it was a pleasure. >> miss bondi. you were a courtroom prosecutor for a great many years. as a courtroom prosecutor, did you ever have an enemies list? >> no, senator. >> and you went on to be florida's attorney general as florida's attorney general, did you ever have an enemies list? >> no. senator. >> as florida's attorney general, you were responsible for hiring into t

um, the fbi's. what is the fbi's role in national security and counterterrorism? and how important is that role? >> you know, senator, i believe now more than ever, counterterrorism is so important and vital in our country. we are facing such incredible threats here and abroad. if i'm sure many of you saw, um, fbi, former fbi director wray's interview on 60 minutes, he talked about the threats that frankly, again, i don't have my security clearance, but the threats facing us, senator from china, from china right now that are so great given sleeper cells within our country, given that importance, is it responsible to call for shutting down the fbi's counterterrorism and national security work? >> and will you, as attorney general, impede or shut down the fbi's counterterrorism and national security work? >> senator. questions. senator, i believe that national security is vital right now for our country on so many fronts. i could continue to discuss my role in that. and the fbi plays a vital role in counterterrorism throughout, or will not shut down. i will look at

director over the fbi? sick dreams about the fbi, or is that something that the attorney general can just step in and go, no, you can't do that. >> the fbi director is appointed by the president, not by the attorney general. >> so information from him. >> yeah. and so in theory, there's a direct line of report to the president. but in practice, the attorney general and the deputy have an enormous amount to say about what goes on within the fbi. there's always tension between the two offices. but fundamentally, the fbi director reports to the attorney general as you go forward in the confirmation process. >> and by the way, so, pam bondi, your assessment of her vote in the senate, there's no hints so far of any republican hint. >> in fact, celebratory support for her on the republican side. >> yeah. so we can assume she's going to get the republican votes for confirmation on the senate floor at this point, i would think that would be the case. what is your sense of how the kash patel confirmation hearing wil

this case represents a joint effort by the fbi, the u.s. attorney's office, the irs criminal investigations division, and the us postal inspection service. i want to thank our federal partners for their collaborative efforts to ensure the individuals involved in this alleged scheme are brought to justice. the investigation is ongoing, but we hope bringing these charges serves to strengthen bay area residents confidence in the processes by which our elected city government leaders are held accountable. we encourage anyone to report information that would aid the fbi's continuing work to investigate and disrupt public corruption at all levels. next, i would like to introduce uspis inspector in charge, steve sherwood. >> good morning everyone. my name is steven sherwood. i'm the inspector in charge of the san francisco division of the united states postal inspection service. the indicted individuals are accused of carrying out a series of fraud schemes using the us mail that targeted government agencies, businesses and the public. these scheme

and months after the fbi raided her home. former oakland mayor sheng thao is reportedly facing federal charges. >> good morning and thanks for hanging out with us on a friday. but don't hang out. you got to get moving. gotta go to work. i'm darya and grab the jacket before you step outside, though it's once again a chilly start. yeah, we're not quite to the weekend yet, gayle. yes, that we are starting off chilly once again and cloudy. that is new. we've been mostly clear this past week in the mornings. but let's take a look. a live look over at sfo. we see a mix of sun and clouds there. and here are the current readings out the door. widespread 30's, some 40's warming up to the upper 40's in places like berkeley. but you still have some 30's in concord and santa rosa. we have a frost advisory for the next hour. so keep the jacket handy once again. and then we will be warming up in the afternoon with some sunshine. you may see some clouds out there, but temperatures today will be a little cooler. then yesterday back to rain.

the san francisco chronicle reports she's been indicted by a federal grand jury after the fbi raided her home last summer. no agencies are commenting on this tonight, but the fbi is expected to announce results of a major law enforcement action tomorrow. lauren toms shares what we know so far. >> reporter: seven months after fbi agents descended on the oakland home of then mayor sheng thao in an early morning raid a report that she's been criminally indicted by a grand jury. criminal attorney randall nuk says an indictment suggests the charges could be severe. >> what immediately goes through my head is somebody's in trouble, not they're presumed innocent, but, you know, federal prosecutors and the fbi generally don't indict somebody unless they think they have sufficient evidence and usually they have corroborators. >> reporter: thao did not respond to our requests for comment. she has repeatedly said she has done nothing wrong and told cbs news bay area back in july she was not the target of the fbi's investigation. >> i have done nothing wrong and i expect there will be an opportu

i was an fbi agent and i walked away from the fbi and this is the reason why.he-top, sandra. the number of emails i got i felt like a social warrior club appeared to into every single crime is sold in every single investigation is complete and every national security threat has been eliminated, there is no time for anything other than addressing those issues. there is no time for dei. they have limited resources and agents and frankly, if you want to celebrate your diversity or your gender or your race or religion, you can do that on your own time. it doesn't need to happen at the fbi. not at the taxpayers expense or the bureau time. you can celebrate on your own but not while fbi agent or employee. it is entirely inappropriate. christopher wray has said threat level is all-time high. how in the world does the fbi have time for all of these clubs and groups when we are -- the fbi is responsible for combating these potential terrorists, these criminal organizations? there is no time for it. it is a waste of taxpayer dollars. >> sandra: fair enough. i put the sam

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we also reached out >> to the fbi. they had no >> to the fbi. they had no comment. but the fbi and the scheduled a news conference for friday morning to discuss what they call a significant law enforcement action. live in the newsroom. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> we're talking about what happened i have no comment on >> maybe yeah. all thank you for coming. anything you want to say to your constituents, though, to tell your side of the story. welcome all right. the story. welcome all right. >> and that's that caught on council member. brian, as of telling kron four's joey horta no comment on the recent fbi raid at his home on wednesday. our reporter could also hear someone inside the home are possibly on the phone telling us do don't say anything. authorities did not say why they raided his home. >> my name is lauren taylor. i love this city. what we are facing real problems. i'm running for mayor because i've got real plans and the experience to back them up. >> in oakland, former city council member loren taylor is officially running for mayor in a video on his we

political opponents, that he shouldn't be the fbi director. you know, we have some history here with your predecessors. barr sessions and others who perhaps sincerely, when they sat where you are now, said that they would say no, but they were working with a president that expected them to be his roy cohn, his personal attorney. do you really think that you can avoid the disgrace that they encountered, or the repercussions from the white house if you say no to the president? and so my question to you is, can you say no to the president of united states when he asks you to do something unethical or illegal? >> senator, first, i need to clarify something that you said, that i have to sit up here and say these things. no, i don't i sit up here and speak the truth. i'm not going to sit up here and say anything that i need to say to get confirmed by this body. i don't have to say anything. i will answer the questions to the best of my ability and honestly ask you, an individual who says that he is going to quote, come after and quote people he alle

attorney's office, in conjunction with the fbi, the u.s. postal service and the irs have scheduled a news conference for tomorrow morning, 9:00, to announce what they call a significant law enforcement action. the announcement does not specify the target of this law enforcement action. but according to the san francisco chronicle, the announcement will include the results of a corruption investigation against former oakland mayor xiang tao. citing an anonymous source, the chronicle reports that tao has been criminally indicted by a grand jury following that investigation. the source did not provide details about what charges the former mayor might face, and ktvu has not been able to independently verify the report. we did reach out to shengtao but have not heard back, but we have confirmed that tao's partner, andre jones, has been indicted. jones appeared to be leaving their house this afternoon holding a duffel bag before getting into the suv. in june, the fbi raided tao's home in oakland's lincoln highlands neighborhood. agents were movin

the fbi statement on closure of the dei office.recent weeks the fbi took steps to close the office of diversity and inclusion effective by december 2024 but back in july the fbi director was asked about this dei hiring and he had this to say. >> i don't believe that we use dei as a primary hiring metric. i would say that we have not lowered our standards. if i could finish. it's not a "yes" or "no" question. we have not lowered our standards and the facts back that up. >> trace: he said it a couple of times. not lowered their standards. what do you say? >> i disagree because if you look at what the hiring standards used to be in the past when i joined the fbi and applied into thousand nine as to what it is now, they have drop the standards and the eligibility requirements have changed and they have been lowered and i know that the fbi does have statistics that they have to do, quota hires they have to meet, they have to meet certain metrics and i can tell you that the director was a diversity agent recruiting event the week before

fbi director christopher wray repeatedly defended dei social justice programs at the fbi.t join the growing list of companies getting rid of costly wasteful dei boonedoggles, the fbi just shutdown its dei unit. let's welcome retired nypd inspector paul mauro. paul great to have you on. what is going on here because president trump just ordered the fbi to preserve all records, documents on this for potential corruption probe. what's the corruption here? what do you think is happening? >> yeah this is really developing into something that we didn't see coming. the trump administration has signaled that they were not going to be looking to engage in any lawfare or these sort of backwards-looking investigations, but this looks like they are quite serious about it. when you put them on notice that they better not destroy any records you don't need to be sherlock holmes to see there's an initiation of a probe. liz: but why would you say this is lawfare because he's saying the fbi shut the dei office days before his inauguration. senator marsha blackburn -- >> i'm not saying that

our home was raided by the fbi. we do know that at 9 o'clock this morning, the federal government, they will be holding a news conference to talk about possible criminal charges reportedly criminal charges reportedly against thao. now back in jun of last year, fbi agents raided their home. and since then, they have been very tight-lipped on exactly what they did, why they did what they took away. but we do know that we will carry that news conference for you live as it happens in a town. doesn't know exactly what's going to happen while she and the rest of the world will find out exactly. at the same time and federal prosecutors will take to the microphones. i got to tell you, there's a small army of media here ready to cover it as well. now, what's being alleged is that how was all about pay to play, meaning that she's accused of possibly kickbacks while she was mayor we got a chance to talk to legal experts. here's what they had to say about the grand their job is simply to decide. >> is there probable cause? for

around the fbi investigation into recently recalled oakland mayor xiang tao. we should get some answers here in the coming hours. what we could learn about the raid on her home. >> also, we have search and rescue teams working in conjunction with the los angeles county search and rescue team, the medical examiner's team, our homicide team. >> the search for all those missing continues today as firefighters in los angeles county gain containment on the palisades and eaton wildfires amid a fierce firefight. there is also some good news for some evacuees- [music]. >> from ktvu, fox two news this is mornings on two. >> good morning and welcome back. >> i'm gasia mikaelian and good morning i'm dave clark. it's a friday, january 17th. did you see fog on the way in? you bet i did. okay, so did i, and so did steve. what's the latest on that? >> dave, when garcia walked in, she looked at me and said, steve, i think the dew points are up. it's not as cold. there's more moisture in the air. you trained her well, though. i'm passing the torch off to 20 years. >> but i fin

by the fbi.sked mr. hegseth today if the trump administration -- if they would -- if the trump administration would request that the fbi go talk to these women, he basically said, oh, i don't know. i'm not in charge of that. actually he is, because he would be the one to tell the trump transition team, hey, let's go ahead and ask the fbi to talk to these women. and, by the way, it's mr. hegseth's lawyers who have sent threatening messages to the women, the women that he paid off in order to keep his last job, who accused him of sexual misconduct. his lawyers have sent her threatening letters, saying, you better not say anything bad about pete hegseth, or we're going to come after you. so this man wants this job, probably one of the toughest jobs you can have, wants to lead the united states military, and yet he is vulnerable, as far as i can tell, to being blackmailed. i mean, he's already had to pay off somebody to keep his last job as a tv commentator, and now he's not allowing the fbi to go an

we have atf, we have fbi, there's l.a. city, l.a. county fire, arson investigators on scene so that they're doing a lot of the cause determination. but right now, we still have an active fire fighting on the ground and life safety and saving property is our primary focus right now. so the investigation is ongoing. but that's there's many different agencies who are involved in that investigation. >> as the winds pick up, what area are you most concerned about right now and what is your message to residents? >> so right now we are in pacific palisades. so we are looking at the hills of brentwood, uh, pushing over and making sure that it doesn't spread into the valley. we have a burn scar that goes into the los angeles valley, up on we call it dirt mulholland. so we have we have hand crews who are out there. we have dozers who are putting in line. i talked to one hand crew company. they said they had about 10,000ft of hose there. so we're right now we're not having active fire, but we have over 5300 firefighters who are standing by, alo

the fbi raided the home of san leandro council member brian acevedo.23 trade mission to vietnam with then oakland mayor xiang tao. acevedo has previously said he's done nothing wrong. we talked with san leandro's mayor about that raid. >> we don't have information from the fbi about what they were doing here in san leandro. and so absent that, it's hard to have a concern of any kind. we're waiting to see what information they'll provide. and then as that information becomes available, we will react accordingly. >> now, the mayor says it will be business as usual when the city council holds its next meeting on tuesday. >> today is the deadline to file paperwork to run for oakland mayor in just a few months. oakland voters will select a new mayor in a special election. we spoke with two of the candidates. they both recognize the significant challenges oakland faces, from safety concerns to financial instability. but they say they're confident they can make improvements. >> we need to restore trust instead of breaking it down. we need to create greater co

fbi field offices. that said.rking the outstanding fugitives, approximately 300, by the way, that are outstanding, including those wanted for assaulting police officers, cease and desist. they will be declined. >> by the. >> u.s. attorney's office. that's where we are right now. >> ryan riley, do you have any reporting on that? have you heard that? >> it does not surprise me at all, because i mean, these these i mean, it's great. you know, i think that that was this was sort of almost inevitable in terms of, you know, when you have the interim u.s. attorney who is someone who spoke on the day before january 6th, was an organizer with the stop the steal movement. and now, i mean, one moment, that one thing that just really has struck with stuck with me thinking about is that a lot of these prosecutors who have worked these cases for a very long time, who are now worried about their own futures, their own jobs, what's going to happen to them, whether they're going to be targeted, whether that's from within the gover

if you search fbi diversity and inclusion and fbi job site comes up that has a photograph of two dogsitting in front of the lincoln memorial and the words above it say page not found were sniffing this out for you. we asked the fbi and were told, quote, in recent weeks the fbi took steps to close the office of diversity and inclusion effective by december 2024, last month. fox asked the fbi for more context and told the statement is it. 2014 became part of the core values. discusses the mission of the now shuttered office. it says in part, quote: we know that a more diverse workforce allowed us to connect with and maintain the trust of the american people. outgoing fbi director chris wray has just a few more days on the job. he announced last month stepping down on own term. republican lawmakers have criticized bureau arguing that the odi was a priority over national security but wray fought back multiple times, including last summer. >> i don't believe that we use dei as a primary hiring metric. i would say that we have not lowered our standards. >> >> if i could finish it's not a "y

what do you make of this move by the fbi?, it's good that they are trying to save face but until we get kash confirmed i don't have faith the fbi is in the right direction so there needs to be a top-down overhaul of the entire bureau. instead of going after grandmothers and people who are standing up for the unborn they need to go after domestic terrorists so i look forward to the overhaul of the fbi. david: yeah, it's going to be an amazing thing to see. i mean, again, we have to see if he is approved by the senate but the way its been going this week, i think frankly, donald trump is going to get everybody he nominated, but having said that, you look at everything the fbi has done not only in the past four years, but during trump's first administration, when they did the operation crossfire hurricane very sophisticated title for essentially spying illegally in some cases spying on americans, and changing all these fisa warrants and everything in order to do so, and then of course going in the past four years with the radon

our lauren toms has been digging into this latest development. >> the fbi and u.s. attorney's office is not commenting or confirming the indictment, but we do know the fbi has scheduled a news conference to announce the results of a major law enforcement action which may finally reveal some answers in a corruption investigation that's entangled several oakland power players. seven months after fbi agents descended on the oakland home of then mayor sheng thao in an early morning raid a

attorney's office, in conjunction with the fbi, the u.s. postal service and the irs have all scheduled a news conference for tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. to announce what they call a significant law enforcement action. this announcement does not specify the target of the law enforcement action, but the san francisco chronicle reports the announcement will include the results of a corruption investigation against former mayor sheng tao. >> citing an anonymous source, the san francisco chronicle reports that xiang tao has been criminally indicted by a grand jury following that investigation. that source did not provide details about what charges tao might face in ktvu has not been able to independently verify the report. ktvu reached out to the former mayor but has not heard back. ktvu henry lee has more, including a timeline of the events that could lead to the indictment of a recalled mayor henry. >> yeah, stunning news with reports of tao's apparent indictment. let's take a look back at the events that led up to this. in june, the fbi raided

the fbi also had no comment. however, the fbi. >> and the u.s. department of justice are scheduled to hold a news conference friday morning on, quote, a significant law enforcement action. dan kerman kron, 4 news. well, residents in alameda county voted to recall da pamela price. >> it became the task of the county board of supervisors to appoint her replacement. 15 people have applied for the job and on thursday supervisor aaron down the selections, the final group selected by the board will then be interviewed in public. and next tuesday's meeting. >> going to pick somebody that can lead the department effectively and somebody that can re establish trust with the community that they will be well protected. >> the board supervisors and make the final selection on january. 28. parents and students are going to rally outside of captain jason dahl elementary in san jose this morning at 07:30am, to protest the possible closure school named after the 9.11 hero faces closure due to 40% enrollment decline in the franklin mckinley school district. while

the fbi would not confirm or deny the report were hit. waiting to hear back from the mayor and her representatives. now of note here, the u.s. attorney's office and federal officials are holding a news conference tomorrow to announce what they're calling significant law enforcement action. so stay with us here on kron 4 as we work to get more details about the indictment, the former mayor of oakland. staying in the east bay. and while there are no suspects and limited leads in the shooting of a four-year-old girl, that child is still in the hospital. and today kron 4 subject. all was there as community and elected leaders met near the crime scene in vallejo to push the public to help solve this crime. >> for solano county supervisor casandra james. in so many ways a four-year-old girl shot while passing through the crest neighborhood in vallejo with her family sunday night. too close to home. i was bathing my for you. >> when the gunshots erupted outside of my doorstep, supervisor james and denise collins both live in the crest. hollins i

the fbi raided her home. the former oakland mayor sheng thao reportedly facing federal charges. >> at 6. >> we did. we've made it to friday. as if that's an accomplishment. >> we all right, daria and i'm james. yeah. hopefully the weekend works out well for you weather-wise. i think it'll be nice. little chilly in the mornings perhaps to killing i gayle. hi, good morning. yeah, we have fight cooldown this weekend. so a few changes. we have the return of the fog and some clouds. >> and temperatures will dip down a few degrees and we have been experiencing a live look at sfo out there. and, you know, other life cameras, we could see the fog roll in. so here's a better view of the future cast. my we do have moisture out there so we could see some coastal drizzle this morning. other than that, patchy fog throughout the coast and bay and we should mix out by the afternoon. so we'll still see some sunshine, current temperatures out the door where off tl another chilly start. so we still have a another frost advisor

attorney's office in conjunction with the fbi, the u.s. postal service and the irs have scheduled a news conference for tomorrow morning at 9:00 to announce what they call a significant law enforcement action. the announcement does not specify the target of the law enforcement action, but according to the chronicle, the announcement will include the results of a corruption investigation against former oakland mayor xiang tao, citing an anonymous source, the chronicle reports that tao has been criminally indicted by a grand jury following that investigation. that source did not provide details about what charges tao might face, and ktvu has not been able to independently verify the report. ktvu reached out to the former mayor but has not heard back. but we have confirmed that tao's partner, andre jones, has been indicted. jones appeared to be leaving their house this afternoon holding a duffel bag before getting into his car. ktvu henry lee has been closely following that story, and brings us a look at the timeline of the events that could

we also reached out to the fbi. >> they had no comment but the fbi and the department of justice have scheduled a news conference for friday morning to discuss what they call a significant law enforcement action. live in the newsroom. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> talking about what happened. i have no comment on >> it may be yeah. all thank you for coming. anything you want to say to your constituents, though, to tell your side of the story. welcome all right. >> caught on camera, san leandro city council member brian, as of telling kron 4 showing comment repeatedly about the recent fbi raid at his home. that raid was wednesday. our reporter there, joey, could also here's someone he said inside the hole or possibly on the phone telling as of 8, 0, don't say anything. authorities did not say why they rated that home. >> when residents in alameda county voted to recall district attorney pamela price, it became the task of the county board of supervisors to appoint her replacement. 15 people have applied for the job. and today supervisors are narrowing down the selections. the final group

fbi agents raided the oakland home of then mayor thao and andre jones, her boyfriend. they could be seen carrying out boxes of evidence to their cars. this came two days after alameda county registrar of voters announced there were enough signatures on a petition to recall thao from office and to move forward with that process. the fbi also raided properties connected to the duong family and their recycling company, california waste solutions. the duongs hold a lucrative recycling contract with the city of oakland and have a pretty interesting backstory. the family escaped from vietnam, eventually opened the first recycling warehouse in west oakland. california waste solutions is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars and employs hundreds of people. over the years andy duong has become a regular face in local and state and national politics. he helped organize a trip to vietnam in 2023 that included local delegates, including then mayor sheng thao. he is now charged with making false statements to government agents. his lawyers released a statement saying in part, "

so far, that is all the fbi is telling us. so we're still working to confirm exactly why the fbi searched his home. here's what we know about as of you know, he's a foreman for sheet metal workers. he represents district 2 and he's involved with multiple government agencies, including serving on the board of directors for the alameda county waste management authority. you'll recall last year the fbi raided the home of former oakland mayor sheng thao. details are sealed but a recent court filing makes several allegations suggesting that wong family who own california waste solutions funded negative campaign fliers against house opponents and the 2022 election. it is unclear though, if there's any connection between those 2 fbi rates. now we've reached out to as a veto for comment. we're still waiting to hear back. he did post on social media the day before this raid saying that he's collecting donations of toiletries for the la wildfire victims asking people to take those donations here to his front porch to drop them out for d

but the fbi isn't interested in that.y are interested in this indictment, and she is the so far the highest ranking person to be indicted. so all roads are going to be pointing towards her. all right. >> well, you heard the man she beat in the mayoral race, lauren taylor, who is running again now in this special election, saying, hey, you know, he would have won had it not been for those mailers that were part of this campaign. >> i don't know, i don't know if he would have won. but the mailers in the campaign, the negative mailers that come in at the close of a campaign and turn last minute voters largely, especially if the race wasn't getting a lot of attention. yes, it could have had had a factor in it. but the other thing that's really important to note is both the duong family and the business have been longtime political contributors to a host of officials on the east bay. and mayor qingtao and her boyfriend, andre jones, knew them for years before she was a candidate for mayor, as they worked in city hall as counci

do you know from your reporting if the fbi has contacted them or reached out to them at all?> we have a forthcoming story on this. i hope it'll be out very soon. but but we have much the same information that the that the, the woman who filed a rape claim against pete hegseth was not as far as i've been able to determine, even interviewed by the fbi. not only that, but but many of these, i mean, that set aside the fbi report, many of these potential witnesses reached out to try through intermediaries to try to speak to republican senators whose votes are the most crucial here, because, you know, the democrats are likely to vote against hegseth. but but they tried to reach out to some of the republican senators, and the republican senators have declined to meet with with several of these key sources themselves. so, you know, where they kept in the dark or did they want to be in the dark? you have to wonder that that is pretty significant. >> i just want to pause on what you just said for a moment. we'll all be watching for your story. but these women tell you a lot about the c