{"id":686428,"date":"2021-08-26T11:36:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=686428"},"modified":"2021-08-26T11:36:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:36:29","slug":"fbi-raids-detroit-city-hall-council-members-homes-in-light-of-corruption-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raids-detroit-city-hall-council-members-homes-in-light-of-corruption-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI raids Detroit City Hall, council members\u2019 homes in light of 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-council-members-homes-in-light-of-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=686428&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 id=\"attachment_2501355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2501355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An FBI employee guards the entrance doors to the Detroit City Council on the 13th floor of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2021, in Detroit. Federal agents searched the homes of two Detroit City Council members, Jane\u00e9 Ayers and Scott Benson, and city offices Wednesday, just a few weeks after another official was charged in an alleged bribery scheme. (Jose Juarez\/Detroit News via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:32 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, August 26, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>FBI agents raided the Detroit City Hall and the homes of city council members amid allegations of public corruption. On Wednesday, the hours-long raid specifically targeted council members Janee Ayers and Scott Benson as agents executed search warrants on several properties.<\/p>\n<p>This comes just weeks after one councilman was accused of accepting tens-of-thousands of dollars in bribes over the course of four years. Though the full extent of the raid is unclear, FBI spokesman Tim Waters said it\u2019s the people\u2019s right to know what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we doing these search warrants? Because the citizens of Detroit have a right to a city government that is free of corruption\u2026I want to make it clear that no one is being charged today,\u201d he stated. \u201cSimply, what we\u2019re doing today is collecting evidence, which will be presented to the U.S. Attorneys Office in the Eastern District of Michigan who will make all decisions on charging in this ongoing investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><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>No criminal charges have been filed, but prosecutors will soon decide what, if any, charges are issued.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/andrew-cuomo-grants-clemency-to-convicted-murderer\/\">Andrew Cuomo Grants Clemency To Convicted Murderer<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An FBI employee guards the entrance doors to the Detroit City Council on the 13th floor of the Coleman A. 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