Faced with a subpoena seeking documents about one of his programs, Baltimore’s mayor argues that the inspector general’s subpoena powers only apply to entities outside of city government
Asserting authority over the city’s good government watchdog, Mayor Brandon Scott has asked a judge to throw out the lawsuit filed by Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming that demanded administration compliance with a subpoena for documents from his office’s troubled SideStep youth diversion program.
Under the City Charter, the inspector general’s subpoena power “can only be read to apply to entities outside of city government,” said the response filed in Baltimore Circuit Court late last night…