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Baltimore Mayor Resigns Amid FBI and IRS Probes into Controversial Book Sales

HeadlineMay 03, 2019

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has resigned amid a growing investigation into her business deals. Last week, the FBI and IRS raided her two homes and her City Hall office. Part of the probe centers on the mayor making more than $700,000 by selling large numbers of her self-published children’s books to businesses seeking city contracts and to the University of Maryland Medical System, where she served on its board of directors.

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