I-Team: Grand Jury Subpeonas of Former Mayor Kasim Reed and His Staff

City Hall employees say they are stunned at the news a federal grand jury wants travel and purchase card records for every single employee who worked in America seemed Reed's office that goes back eight years to the day when mayor Reed was sworn in senior investigative reporter Dale Russell says the feds also subpoenaed mayor Reid's calendar and his travel records he joins us now from the live desk with the latest Dale Senay that's right the grand jury already had mayor Reid's Purchase card records the subpoena is broad covering dozens of employees during eight years and it is vague it only identifies one employee mayor Kasim Reed what do you make of it oh my former DeKalb County District Attorney in one-time federal prosecutor Jeff Brickman says the latest subpoena and the ongoing Atlanta bribery case sends us stunning and far from subtle message from the US attorney to former mayor Kasim Reed we want everything that you have done what you've spent where you've gone since the day you raise your hand took the oath of office for months now the Fox 5 i-team has been reporting on expensive trips including luxury hotels and high dollar meals taken by mayor Kasim Reed and his staff mayor Reed has reimbursed the city for some of his Purchase card expenses we've also focused on the frequent and often poorly documented worldwide luxury travel of his chief of staff Candice Berg including $2,400 for a Harvard Business course charged to her Purchase card that's unbelievable that's it's truly unbelievable voters citizens should be should be appalled they really should be an earlier grand jury subpoena asked for the purchase card records of mayor Kasim Reed and his brother Tracy Reed who used to work for the city but this subpoena is very different it's asking for the purchase card records of everyone who worked for the office of the mayor this doesn't appear to be an investigation that's anywhere near over I don't anticipate it's going to be done for sometime the subpoena asked for daily calendar information and travel and travel justification records for mayor Reed and his staff it also asked for purchasing card expenses and records for all employees or members of the office of the mayor since 2010 including his executive protection team yet there were a series of transactions or transactions that in and of themselves were particularly disturbing or just absolutely UNPROFOR you could be prosecuted for it I've seen it happen I'm very negative it's just like this cloud that's continually raining on everyone who works in that building City Councilman Howard shook was surprised by the sheer volume of Records the US attorney requested he says employees at City Hall are depressed and it is starting to have a negative impact on the day-to-day running of the city everyone in that building is kind of stuck we're not writing a lot of forward-thinking policy right now everyone's reacting reacting to the latest headline mayor Keisha Allen's bottoms wants to put a stop to any improper spending by City Hall employees her spokesperson pointed out to me today that there's new legislation that she supported prior to this latest subpoena and mayor bottom's wants to tighten up rules on the use of who gets a city purchasing card and how it can be used from the livedesk Dale Russell Fox 5 News we know you'll stay on top of this as it moves forward Dale thanks

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Length: 3min 41sec (221 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 29 2018