ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - On Wednesday, the City of Atlanta sent a letter to state and federal law enforcement agencies asking them to “disregard” a letter sent earlier this week by staff of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
“Gentlemen, the authors of that communication are current or former employees of the City of Atlanta’s Office of Inspector General who are disgruntled and disagree with the City’s actions to amend the legislation governing the Office,” wrote City Attorney Patrise Perkins-Hooker.
Perkins-Hooker sent the letter, acquired by Atlanta News First, to Garrett Bradford, with the Public Integrity Unit of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Paul Brown, Special Agent in Charge of Atlanta’s Field Office of the FBI, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, and Georgia Inspector General Nigel Lange.
Perkins-Hooker referenced a letter sent March 3 by five current and former staff members of the OIG addressed to those same agencies.
In that letter, acquired by Atlanta News First, staff outlined alleged criminal wrongdoing by Mayor Andre Dickens, members of his cabinet, and other city officials in investigations opened by the OIG.
On Wednesday, Atlanta News First asked Mayor Dickens about the allegations.
“If you’ve been investigating for two or three years and you haven’t actually found anything, then there is nothing there,” said Dickens in an interview with Atlanta News First.
Perkins-Hooker said the interim Inspector General,...
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