FBI agent says SF Mayor Lee looked at in corruption investigation

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

Mayor Ed Lee was a target in the federal corruption investigation into the Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow racketeering case that led to a prison sentence for former state Sen. Leland Yee and criminal charges against some of Lee’s campaign staff, an FBI agent testified in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday.

While no criminal charges were filed against Lee, FBI Special Agent Ethan Quinn said under questioning that Lee and his 2011 campaign for mayor were targets of a bribery investigation that eventually led to charges against three local officials. An affidavit of the case filed by prosecutors last year indicated the mayor was no longer a focus.

Quinn was asked whether he was authorized to target Lee, but court was sent into recess before he could answer.

His testimony came on the fourth day of a preliminary hearing for former Human Rights Commissioner Nazly Mohajer; Zula Jones, a former commission staffer; and former San Francisco school board President Keith Jackson.

Jones and Mohajer are accused of conspiring with Jackson to solicit bribes from an FBI agent posing as a corrupt businessman who sought access and favorable treatment from Lee. Transcripts of secretly taped conversations quoted them as arranging and accepting more than $20,000 in campaign contributions from the agent in an alleged pay-to-play scheme.

Shrimp Boy continues to make news....