Tamela Lee

Summit County District 5 Councilwoman Tamela Lee at a council meeting on Monday, June 1, 2015. Lee's campaign finance forms have been subpoenaed.

(John Harper, cleveland.com)

AKRON, Ohio -- A federal grand jury has seized campaign filings by Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee, who has been under FBI investigation for over a year, a board of elections official confirmed Monday.

Officials at the Summit County Board of Elections fulfilled the federal request for Lee's campaign records last week without appearing before the grand jury, board of elections member Bryan Williams said. Williams did not know the exact time frame of the campaign finance records requested, and the board's executive director could not be reached Monday afternoon.

Lee, who represents part of West Akron, Bath Township, Copley Township and Fairlawn, has been at the center of a federal investigation since at least October 2014, when FBI agents raided her home.

In November, a grand jury seized records relating to Lee's influence over judicial proceedings, law enforcement decisions and Summit County Children's Services. The FBI also confiscated Lee's emails and calendar in a bulk records request last spring.

In April, Agents notified council members and employees at the Summit County Council office that their phone calls with Lee had been tapped.

Lee was appointed to County Council to replace Cazzel Smith, Sr. in 2011, and was reelected in 2012.

She was the first black woman elected to County Council and rose to become the second highest ranking official in the county's Democratic party.

An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment Monday on the investigation. A message left on Lee's cell phone was not immediately returned.