FBI raids home of LA deputy mayor who allegedly made bomb threat against City Hall

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-19 19:19:47 | Updated at 2024-12-28 01:56:45 1 week ago

FBI raids home of LA deputy mayor who allegedly made bomb threat against City Hall
ABC 7 (LA) ^ | 12/19/2024 | Josh Haskell and Tim Caputo

Posted on 12/19/2024 9:59:48 AM PST by DFG

FBI agents on Tuesday raided the home of Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Brian Williams in connection with a bomb threat he allegedly made against City Hall earlier this year, a spokesperson for Mayor Karen Bass said.

The mayor's office was notified of the search, according to a statement released Wednesday afternoon by Bass's spokesperson Zach Seidl.

Williams "was immediately placed on administrative leave," the statement said. "The Mayor takes this matter very seriously. When the threat was reported, LAPD investigated and determined there was no immediate danger. Following additional investigation, LAPD referred this matter to the FBI for further investigation."

According to a Los Angeles Police Department statement, the agency's initial investigation determined Williams was likely the "source of the threat.''

Williams' attorney Dmitry Gorin said in a statement that Williams "strongly maintains his innocence and intends to vigorously fight the allegations."

"Importantly, he has not been arrested, nor charged, and will continue cooperating with the investigation through his attorneys," the statement said.

The news shocked councilmembers, who did not want to comment on the matter yet to Eyewitness News, as they were still trying to understand why someone so powerful in City Hall and so close to Mayor Bass would do what he's accused of.

"My number one job as Mayor is to keep Angelenos safe," Bass said in a statement at the time. "The only way to do that is to hold people who commit crimes accountable and to take real steps to prevent crime from happening in the first place."

In February 2023, Bass announced Williams's appointment as deputy mayor of public safety, a role overseeing the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Port of Los Angeles Police, the Los Angeles World Airport Police and the city's Emergency Management Department.

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1 posted on 12/19/2024 9:59:48 AM PST by DFG

To: DFG

In this case I’d say Williams had good positive motives as bombing LA City Hall would improve things politically.

Not Guilty.

2 posted on 12/19/2024 10:02:00 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)

To: DFG

What the heck is going on with all the mayors and their local yokel flunkies in the U.S. They all seem to have undertaken a get rich quick scheme. Well, it’s good that a lot of them are getting caught.

3 posted on 12/19/2024 10:02:37 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (With a Congress that half of which is made up of foreigners and refugees, why do we need a U.N.?)

To: DFG

This reminds me of blazing saddles and the sheriff’s threat to shoot himself.

4 posted on 12/19/2024 10:04:41 AM PST by posterchild

To: DFG

Democrat administrations tend to be populated by loose cannons. Biden’s cabinet appointments left a circus without a freak show. 🤡😵‍💫

5 posted on 12/19/2024 10:10:20 AM PST by Spok

To: DFG

Didn’t need to look, but wanted to verify. I was correct.

6 posted on 12/19/2024 10:25:33 AM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )

To: Spok

Democrat administrations tend to be populated by loose cannons.

Criminal organizations posing as Democrat administrations ~~tend to be~~ are entirely populated by loose cannons.

7 posted on 12/19/2024 10:28:12 AM PST by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)

To: DFG

Oh those wascally demoncraps!

8 posted on 12/19/2024 10:31:52 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)

To: All

9 posted on 12/19/2024 10:33:39 AM PST by Liz (As West Texas ranchers occasionally say: “THAT boy had one too many years of college.”)

To: DFG

in connection with a bomb threat he allegedly made against City Hall earlier this year

what did he really do that displeased the slave owners?

10 posted on 12/19/2024 11:10:13 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are not longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)

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