Oakland mayor learns she'll face recall election two days before FBI raids her house

Election officials in Alameda County, California announced Tuesday that the campaign to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao had turned in enough signatures to force a vote, a development that came two days before the FBI raided the mayor's home. 

Law enforcement officials, who also conducted raids on three other local sites, did not provide any details into what they were investigating, though ABC 7's Lena Howland reports it "involves the IRS and the US Postal Service." The East Bay Times also says that one of the other locations is the home of businessman Andy Duong, whom the Public Ethics Commission has been investigating since 2020. Duong has been accused of using "straw donors" to help multiple candidates for the City Council, including Thao.