FBI Arrests Woke BLM, Muslim, Former Illegal Migrant, Dem Boston City Council Member For Corruption

Posted • December 6, 2024: The list of stories on the corruption committed by Democrats in major cities across the country might rival the length of your average telephone book. In this latest, sordid situation on Friday, we find ourselves learning about alleged corruption in the city of Boston. Tania Fernandes Anderson, a woke BLM Muslim former illegal migrant Democrat serving on the Boston City Council, has been arrested by the FBI after being indicted on five counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud and one count of aiding and abetting theft concerning a program receiving federal funds. She allegedly hired a family member and funneled taxpayer funds to the person for which she would get cash kickbacks. They allegedly exchanged large sums of cash in the bathroom at Boston City Hall. Ms Fernandes Anderson made $115,000 a year on the city council. Democrats and leftists have long praised Ms Fernandes Anderson for her race-baiting identity politics in Boston, which plays well with white educated liberals.

The details on what led to her arrest are truly damning, and if true, would constitute a serious breach of the public trust. FBI special agents in Boston arrested City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson Friday morning on public corruption charges. Fernandes Anderson was under investigation by federal authorities and FBI agents were seen outside her home in Dorchester this morning as she was taken into custody, according to WCVB. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is now calling on her to resign. The Democrat lawmaker is facing five counts of wire fraud and one count of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, a court filing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts says. The feds say that the charges stem from Fernandes Anderson's alleged acts in 2022, when she knowing hired an immediate family member, while cutting a deal with that person to kick back "additional compensation" Fernandes Anderson promised to pay.

Not only is this stealing from the city's coffers, but the law bars hiring family members and paying them as staff members. The councilor allegedly hired a second family member too. On or about June 9, 2023, at approximately 4:11 p.m., Staff Member A texted Fernandes Anderson, "Bathroom" to let Fernandes Anderson know that Staff Member A was waiting in the bathroom to hand the $7,000 cash to Fernandes Anderson. Within seconds, Fernandes Anderson texted Staff Member A, "Ready" to confirm that Fernandes Anderson was ready to accept the $7,000 cash kickback from Staff Member A. Shortly following these texts, Staff Member A handed Fernandes Anderson approximately $7,000 in cash at a bathroom in City Hall. The filing also says Boston City Councilors were not allowed to hire immediate family members to their paid staff, yet in 2022, Fernandes Anderson hired two such individuals. Prosecutors say Fernandes Anderson later fired those two employees and was informed by the Ethics Commission of a $5,000 fine relating to that incident.

WCVB reported that a state campaign finance body also notified her campaign of potentially breaking election law in November: Last month, the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance sent her campaign a letter which said it had not timely filed deposit information and had taken contributions over the legal limit. Earlier this week, Fernandes Anderson said she was "not thinking about quitting. I'm not thinking about stepping down." Friday evening, Mayor Wu's voice was joined by those of five councilors, who released statements urging Fernandes Anderson to step aside, to allow, as one said, "the legal process to unfold without undue disruption” to the city's business. (…)

• More at: RedState - 'Corrosive Damage': FBI Arrests Boston City Council Member on Corruption Charges Involving Her Family
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/12/06/boston-dems-swing-into-crisis-mode-as-fbi-arrests-councilor-on-wire-fraud-corruption-charges-n2182912
WCVB ABC 5 News: Boston City Councilor Fernandes Anderson accused in bonus kickback scheme, arrested by FBI
https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-councilor-custody-investigation-tania-fernandes-anderson/63114354
Fox News: FBI arrests Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson on public corruption charges
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-arrests-boston-city-councilor-public-corruption-charges
Twitchy: Corrupt to the Core: Boston City Council Member Arrested on Federal Fraud, Theft Charges
https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/12/06/boston-city-council-member-arrested-kickback-scheme-n2404769