Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s spokesman and newly hired attorney have both parted ways with the city leader following a week in which Thao’s house was raided by the FBI and she held a press conference declaring her innocence without informing her lawyer. 

Tony Brass, a high-profile attorney, was retained as Thao’s counsel late last week after the FBI and the investigation arm of the United States Postal Service raided her Oakland home.

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