The Maryland State Prosecutor has opened an investigation into Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s sales of her self-published children’s books, Pugh’s lawyer said Tuesday.
“The mayor will be cooperating with that investigation to the fullest extent possible,” attorney Steven D. Silverman said in an email.
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan asked State Prosecutor Emmet Davitt on Monday to start an investigation of Pugh’s $500,000 sale of the books to the University of Maryland Medical System while she was on its board. Several members of the Baltimore City Council, all Democrats, said Monday that they supported Hogan’s request.
Silverman revealed the investigation was underway after The Baltimore Sun asked for details about other sales of Pugh’s books to health insurer Kaiser Permanente and nonprofit Associated Black Charities.
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