After weeks of growing pleasure, Mayor of Baltimore Catherine Pugh resigned, her lawyer said in a statement Thursday.
Ğı I apologize for the damage I've made to Baltimore's image and the credibility of the mayor's office, için said a letter written by lawyer Steve Silverman.
Ediy Baltimore deserves a mayor who can take our big city forward, Açık the statement said. Pugh, suffering from health problems, did not appear at a press conference with his lawyer.
In recent weeks, federal agents have raided both homes, municipal offices and other places. Since April 1, as the best elected officer in Baltimore, he was on an unrestrained paid leave for health reasons.
Democrat Pugh is under investigation for "self-operation" about the sale of thousands of copies of his own children's book series. Most of these sales went to businesses that had an impact on it or wanted to do business with the city.