Some recorded calls that are part of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao federal corruption case were released.
The feds secretly recorded these calls. One of the calls released on Wednesday goes back to 2019, when Thao was a councilmember.
During the call, she told Oakland’s recycling company Co-Owner Andy Doung they needed to prepare better before the next council meeting if they wanted to get his recycling contract with the city extended…