Baltimore IG Cumming says the Scott administration is blocking her investigations

On Saturday, the OIG was denied access to city records. Today the inspector general fired back, saying, “We basically cannot do our job.” UPDATED with mayor’s office reply.

Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming today accused the Scott administration of obstructing her ability to investigate government fraud and abuse by redacting hundreds of pages of financial records, then cutting off her office’s access to “monitor and manage” its own records.

In tweets posted this morning, Cumming said the city terminated the OIG’s access to online city records on Saturday…

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