TRUST ME ON IT. AT 19 MINUTES RAIN. ALL RIGHT. OUR TOP STORY THIS MORNING, THE FBI RAIDED THE HOME OF OAKLAND MAYOR SHENG THAO ALONG WITH 2 OTHER HOMES AND ONE BUSINESS ON THURSDAY MORNING. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE MAYOR SINCE THE RAIDS. WELL, STRAUSS, CLIFFORD HAS THAT STORY FOR US. >>WELL, THE MAYOR OF OAKLAND LIVES RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE, BUT SHE'S NOT RETURNED HOME FOR THE EVENING ALSO KEEPING A LOW PROFILE AFTER FEDERAL AGENTS WERE INSIDE HER HOUSE EARLIER TODAY. AROUND 6 THURSDAY MORNING. FEDERAL AGENTS RAIDED THE HOME OF OAKLAND MAYOR SHENG THAO. ACCORDING TO NEIGHBORS, THE MAYOR'S BOYFRIEND APPARENTLY OPENED THE DOOR AND LEFT THE AGENTS IN. >>THE POSTAL SERVICE AND THE IRS WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS SEARCH. AGENTS COULD BE SEEN REMOVING BOXES AND CONTAINERS FROM THE HOUSE. THE RATE AT THE MAYOR'S HOME WAS ONE OF 4 SEARCHES FEDERAL AGENTS CONDUCTED ON THURSDAY. THEY ALSO VISITED THE OFFICES OF CALLAWAY SOLUTIONS ALONG THE MARKET THERE. A WAY IN OAKLAND THAT BUSINESS IS OWNED BY THE DEWINE. FAMILY AGENTS ALSO SEARCHED 2 OTHER HOMES, ONE ALONG SKYLINE BOULEVARD AND ANOTHER ON VIEW. CREST COURT, BOTH OF WHICH ARE ALSO OWNED BY THE THE WINGS. AS FOR THE REASON FOR THE RAIDS, THE FBI RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THURSDAY SAYING ONLY THAT THE FBI IS CONDUCTING COURT AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY ON MAIDEN LANE. WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. BUT SOURCES HAVE TOLD KRON 4 THAT THE SEARCH MAY BE RELATED TO A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS. IN A STATEMENT, CALLAWAY SOLUTION SAID CWS IS FULLY AWARE THAT FEDERAL AGENTS HAVE EXECUTED SEARCH WARRANTS AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS IN OAKLAND TODAY RELATED TO CWS. THE COMPANY IS FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S INVESTIGATION. AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE OFFICIALS, THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONCLUDE THAT WE ARE NOT INVOLVED IN ANYTHING ON LAWFUL. >>OR IMPROPER ACTIVITY AS OF THURSDAY EVENING. MAYOR THAO HAS NOT SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT THE RATES EARLIER IN THE DAY SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND AN EVENT WITH OTHER BAY AREA MAYORS BUT DID NOT SHOW UP. >>IN OAKLAND, CHARLES CLIFFORD KRON, 4 AND NOW THAT BEGS THE QUESTION OF WHAT ACTUALLY LED UP TO THE FBI RAID AND >>WHAT EVIDENCE AGENTS COULD BE LOOKING FOR. WELL, LEGAL ANALYST MICHAEL CARDOZA WALKS US THROUGH THAT PROCESS. >>WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THAT THERE HAS TO BE A SUSPICION THAT A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. AND WITH THAT THEY BEGIN THEIR INVESTIGATION AS SOON AS THEY GATHER ENOUGH EVIDENCE THAT THEY FEEL THE FBI, THAT THEY PROBABLE CAUSE. IN OTHER WORDS, A SUSPICION BASED ON REASON. THAT SOMEONE COMMITTED A CRIME, THEY WRITE AN AFFIDAVIT FOR A SEARCH WARRANT. THEY WANT FURTHER THEIR INVESTIGATION. SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS COLLECTING THOSE DOCUMENTS AND YOU'VE SEEN THEM COME OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH CRATES FULL DOCUMENTS. THEY WILL BRING IT BACK TO THEIR OFFICES. THEY WILL GO THROUGH THEM TO SEE IF THAT FURTHER PROVES THEIR SUSPICION THAT WHATEVER CRIME THEY ARE LOOKING AT HAS BEEN COMMITTED. >>SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST MAYOR THAO. ONCE THE FBI AGENTS GO THEIR FINDINGS. CARDOZA SAYS LIKELY BRING THE EVIDENCE TO THE STATE ATTORNEY BEFORE THEY FILE CHARGES THAT COULD TAKE A WHILE. EVIDENCE MUST PROVE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT. THE PEOPLE INVOLVED HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME. THE RAIDS COME AS TO HOW FACES A RECALL. JUST 2 DAYS AGO, THE ALAMEDA COUNTY REGISTER'S OFFICE, THEY'RE 5 AT THE RECALL, WILL APPEAR ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. THOSE MINOR RECALL EFFORT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THURSDAY SITUATION APPEARING IN FRONT OF THE MAYOR'S HOME TO CALL FOR TOWN TO RESIGN. >>ON YEAR HAS FAILED WE ARE HERE TO DEMAND THAT SHE RESIGN. AND THEY'RE SEEING HERSELF. AND FOR THEY'RE SEEING THE CITY OF OAKLAND. >>MEANTIME, THE OAKLAND CHAPTER OF THE NAACP JOINING THE CALL DEMANDING TOWN TO RESIGN. CHAPTER'S PRESIDENT RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART OAKLAND DESERVES A MAYOR WHOSE NOT DISTRACTED FULLY COMMITTED ABLE TO LEAVE THE CITY. THE MAYOR SHOULD RESIGN AND GIVE THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAL AND MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. HAVE FORMER OAKLAND POLICE CHIEF LERONNE ARMSTRONG WAS FIRED BY TELL LAST YEAR. ALSO REACTING, CALLING THIS A SAD DAY FOR OAKLAND. HE WROTE, QUOTE, OAKLAND IS A CITY IN CRISIS CRY, VIOLENT SHOOTINGS, UNCONTROLLED HOMELESSNESS, UNMITIGATED ENCAMPMENT, THE BUDGET DEFICIT AND MORE. BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO OVERCOMING THE CITY'S CRISIS. THE CITY IS FACING ON
