Two weeks before Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey nominated Brian O’Hara for a second term as police chief and a month before O’Hara resigned under pressure, city attorneys received a document alleging that a high-ranking veteran officer had been punished by his superiors for providing damaging information to a law firm investigating the chief’s conduct.

The document — a draft 32-page lawsuit never filed in court but obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune —alleged among other things that the chief’s longtime driver was tasked with duties not related to his job responsibilities.

Here are some takeaways from the draft lawsuit and where the search stands for a new chief:

Some of the allegations

The whistleblower alleged that the chief’s longtime driver, officer Abdisamad Ahmed, was tasked with cleaning up his boss’ messes including intimate affairs with subordinates.

The whistleblower also contended that O’Hara asked for immediate updates from internal affairs staff anytime a formal complaint was lodged against Ahmed and hid Ahmed’s schedule in the department’s time management system following accusations that the officer was working off-duty at the same time he was being paid city overtime. Thus, a pending complaint about the matter was closed.

The Star Tribune could not independently verify every claim in the document. However, some have proved true, including specific complaints against Ahmed and the existence of an audio recording that prompted the reopening of a sexual...

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