The FBI investigation that led to bribery and obstruction-of-justice charges against a Baltimore state senator was part of a larger attempt to implicate members of the Baltimore City Council and the Maryland legislature, the senator’s attorneys said in a new court filing.
Attorneys for state Sen. Nathaniel Oaks said that for more than a year the FBI “coerced, cajoled and enticed multiple associates and friends of Senator Oaks” as part of a “dragnet ‘investigation’ into members of the Baltimore City Council and the Maryland legislature.”
They say “some of these friends and associates were knowingly assisting the government as registered sources with the FBI.”
