{"id":683968,"date":"2021-08-25T17:20:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T21:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=683968"},"modified":"2021-08-25T17:20:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T21:20:27","slug":"fbi-raids-detroit-city-hall-and-homes-of-council-members-in-corruption-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raids-detroit-city-hall-and-homes-of-council-members-in-corruption-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Raids Detroit City Hall And Homes Of Council Members In Corruption Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-raids-detroit-city-hall-and-homes-of-council-members-in-corruption-probe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=683968&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-913401456-scaled-e1629923662343.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has executed search warrants at Detroit City Hall and the homes of two city council members in relation to a federal corruption investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/fbi-monitor-family-peers-prevent-homegrown-violent-extremism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FBI<\/a> executed search warrants at the homes of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/21\/former-detroit-police-chief-james-craig-michigan-governor-tucker-carlson-tonight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit<\/a> council members Jane\u00e9 Ayers and Scott Benson and offices at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/fbi-raids-detroit-city-hall-homes-council-members-corruption-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a> reported. Charges have previously been filed against another council member, Andr\u00e9 Spivey, for corruption stemming from bribery payments of upwards of $35,000, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.3630952380952\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: The raid at Detroit Councilwoman Jane\u00e9 Ayers\u2019 home comes 3 years after her name emerged in a sealed FBI wiretap affidavit I obtained. The affidavit outlined a probe targeting towing titan Gasper Fiore, aka the \u201cBaron of Bribery\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dj1TxYlQyj\">https:\/\/t.co\/dj1TxYlQyj<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/detroitnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@detroitnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Snell (@robertsnellnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robertsnellnews\/status\/1430567176017256449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe citizens of Detroit have a right to a city government that\u2019s free of corruption,\u201d Timothy Waters, the special agent in charge of the FBI\u2019s office in Detroit, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/detroit-city\/2021\/08\/25\/fbi-raids-detroits-city-hall-and-council-members-homes-corruption-probe\/5584365001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit News<\/a> following the raids. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/23\/kenneth-johnson-cleveland-city-council-theft-federal-program-corruption-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Council Member In Cleveland Charged With Theft Of Federal Program, Falsification Of Records)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Agents reportedly did not raid Mayor Mike Duggan\u2019s office or executive suite, according to the Detroit News, but did collect evidence from other offices that will reportedly be presented to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, there is a culture of corruption that doesn\u2019t stop at the city line or the county line,\u201d Erik Gordon, a professor for the University of Michigan\u2019s Ross Business School, told the Detroit News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.6535433070866\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIDetroit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FBIDetroit<\/a> Executing search warrants on two members of the Detroit City Council here on the 13th floor of the City County building. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX2News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOX2News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWJ950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWJ950<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/detroit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#detroit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VCXGfQD9iq\">pic.twitter.com\/VCXGfQD9iq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Langton (@charlielangton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlielangton\/status\/1430559636307025927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As of Wednesday afternoon, no charges have been filed against Ayers, Benson, or any other council members in relation to the raids, according to the Detroit News.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Detroit\u2019s city government was the subject of national headlines after then-Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2010\/02\/22\/fbi-prepares-charges-against-former-detroit-mayor-kilpatrick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kwame Kilpatrick<\/a> was charged with corruption after it was discovered that he had taken hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a little-known city contractor. He resigned in September of 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Principles in Detroit\u2019s school district also faced <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/03\/29\/detroit-principals-allegedly-took-900k-in-kickbacks-while-schools-crumbled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corruption probes in 2016<\/a>, after authorities uncovered a massive kickback scheme that was worth at least $900,000 dollars that involved fake school supply orders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has executed search warrants at Detroit City Hall and the homes of two city council members in relation to a federal corruption investigation.The FBI &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}