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NEARLY TWO DOZEN AGENTS FROM THE BALTIMORE OFFICE OF THE FBI, AND FROM THE CRIMINAL DIVISION OF THE IRS, TOOK AWAY BOXES OF POTENTIAL EVIDENCE. THEY FOCUSED ON THE SECOND FLOOR CITY HALL OFFICES OF MAYOR CATHERINE PUGH, EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT APPROVED SEVERAL DAYS AGO BY A FEDERAL JUDGE. MR. DAVIS: WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE WOULD BE IN AN OFFICE WERE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WERE SEIZED. >> HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE MAYOR? MR. DAVIS: I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR. JAYNE: ANDRE DAVIS IS THE CITY SOLICITOR, UNAWARE, HE SAID CITY HALL WOULD BE TARGETED. MR. DAVIS: I HAD NO NOTICE WHATSOEVER. WE FOUND ABOUT IT, I SUSPECT SOME OF YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT IT BEFORE WE DID THIS MORNING. JAYNE: AGENTS ALSO TOOK EVIDENCE FROM THE NORTHWEST BALTIMORE HOUSE WHERE MAYOR PUGH LIVES. INCLUDED -- BOXES LABELED "HEALTHY HOLLY BOOKS." THIS WAS THE HOUSE PUGH BOUGHT IN DECEMBER 2016, APPARENTLY FOR CASH. THE PURCHASE CAME AFTER PUGH RECEIVED NEARLY $250,000 THROUGH HER HEALTHY HOLLY LLC IN THE MONTHS BEFORE. AGENTS SEIZED EVIDENCE AT ANOTHER HOUSE OWNED BY PUGH THAT SHE USES FOR HER BUSINESS ADDRESS. THEY ALSO TARGETED GARY BROWN, JR., AN AIDE TO PUGH. BROWN WAS PROSECUTED BY THE STATE TWO YEARS AGO FOR MAKING ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUGH’S MAYORAL CAMPAIGN. HE WAS FIRED BY ACTING MAYOR JACK YOUNG EARLIER THIS WEEK. AND A SEARCH WARRANT WAS ALSO EXECUTED AT A SMALL NON PROFIT IN NORTHWEST BALTIMORE WITH TIES TO PUGH, KNOW AS MCAT. IT RECEIVES SOME CITY MONEY. SOURCES SAY THE INVESTIGATION THAT LED TO THE EXECUTION OF THE SEARCH WARRANTS TODAY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME, BEFORE THE PUBLICITY ABOUT THE MAYOR’S BOOK DEALS THAT STARTED IN MID-MARCH. AT PUGH’S HOUSE LATE THIS AFTERNOON, HER ATTORNEY STEVEN SILVERMAN SAID, HE, TOO, HAD RECEIVED A FEDERAL SUBPOENA FOR "HEALTHY HOLLY" RECORDS. HE WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD ADVISE PUGH TO RESIGN. MR. SILVERMAN: ALL I DO IS GIVE OPTIONS. JAYNE: THE OFFICES OF PUGH’S FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER WAS ALSO SEARCH TODAY, AND A SPOKESMAN SAID THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SYSTEM RECEIVE A SUBPOENA FOR FEDERAL RECORDS RELATED TO MAYOR PUGH TODAY. THE SYSTEM PAID PUGH THROUGH HER

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The FBI and IRS executed search warrants Thursday at several locations in Baltimore, including Mayor Catherine Pugh's homes and City Hall. Pugh's attorney, Steven Silverman, said the mayor is not lucid and that she still suffers from pneumonia and has since developed bronchitis."I have spoken to her today, and she is physically still ill, and she is obviously emotionally and extremely distraught, and I feel terrible for her as a human being," Silverman said.The searches began around 6:30 a.m. Thursday and include the following locations:Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's two homes in northwest BaltimoreBaltimore City HallPugh's lawyers' officeOffices of a nonprofit Pugh founded, and the home of the organization's executive directorHome of former mayoral aide Gary Brown Jr.Several agents from the Baltimore Office of the FBI and the Criminal Division of the IRS executed a search warrant approved several days ago by a federal judge. The agents searched Pugh's home on Ellamont Road in northwest Baltimore, which she purchased apparently with cash in December 2016 for $117,000 without a mortgage.The agents were seen entering and exiting the home, as well as garages that may belong to the home or a neighboring home. Agents retrieved a large boxes from the property, some labeled "Healthy Holly books."Pugh drew scrutiny after it was learned that she purchased the home during the same time period that the University of Maryland Medical System paid her nearly $250,000 through her Healthy Holly LLC for tens of thousands of children's books. The 11 News I-Team has learned the deal has little public accounting.Pugh's LLC received $100,000 from the medical system in the 2014-2015 fiscal year, and in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, according to state filings.UMMS said Thursday it has received a grand jury witness subpoena from the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office seeking documents and information in order to conduct their investigation of Pugh. "We are fully cooperating with the investigative process," a spokesman said in a statement.Sources told the 11 News I-Team that an investigation that led to the execution of search warrants had been going on for some time before media reporting on her book deals through her LLC in mid-March.Agents search several locations linked to PughAround the corner from the Ellamont house, agents served a search warrant at the home Pugh has owned since 1988 that she uses for her business address. Neighbors said they have not seen Pugh at the home for about five weeks.Another set of agents executed a search warrant at 4910 Park Heights Ave., which is used by the nonprofit Maryland Center for Adult Training, which has ties to Pugh. On its board were three top aides to the mayor, who have subsequently been fired by Ex-Officio Mayor Jack Young.The FBI also executed a search warrant at the home of Gary Brown Jr., one Pugh's aides who was fired Wednesday. Brown was prosecuted by state prosecutors in 2016 for illegal campaign contributions to the Pugh campaign in 2016.Nearly two dozen agents were also at City Hall, where they were seen removing boxes of potential evidence related to Pugh.City Solicitor Andre Davis said he learned of the FBI/IRS investigation through news reports."I had no notice whatsoever. We found about it -- I suspect some of you found out about it before we did this morning ... The search was limited to the mayor's suite of offices on the second floor of City Hall," Davis said. "What you can imagine would be in an office were the kinds of things that were seized. I have not spoken to the mayor."The FBI/IRS also executed a search warrant at the offices of lawyers representing Pugh, a source familiar told the 11 News I-Team. It is very unusual for a lawyer's office to get searched, and there is a very high bar for agents to cross to get a judge to authorize such a search because lawyers have many clients who are all protected by confidentiality provisions. In order for the agents to go into that office with a search warrant, they have to be seeking something very specific and limited.Silverman issued a statement about the records sought from his law office by the FBI and IRS, saying: "This morning, federal agents served upon the law firm of Silverman Thompson Slutkin and White LLC a limited subpoena for original financial records belonging to Mayor Catherine Pugh, which were properly in the firm's possession in the course of its representation of her in the Healthy Holly matter."The requested documents had previously been sequestered from all other client matters of the firm and were not commingled with any of the firm's other clients' information or documents. The agents were directed to the sequestered area with the mayor's documents and the firm complied with the subpoena."There was no 'raid' of the firm as reported in the media, and the agents did not conduct a search of the firm. The agents also did not seek or obtain any attorney-client privileged communications with the mayor, or any other information or documents from the firm or its clients. The agents were polite and courteous, and the process was conducted in an expeditious and professional manner."We will continue to vigorously defend the mayor, who is entitled the presumption of innocence."So far, no charges have been filed.When asked whether Pugh has any intention to resign, and whether he would advise her to do so, Silverman said, "I intended to have a conversation with the mayor today before today's events unfolded, and hope to address that shortly."Silverman said the mayor, under her current condition, is not focused enough to make a rational decision.Renewed calls for mayor to resignThe developments Thursday have further increased calls for Pugh to resign, including from the governor.Gov. Larry Hogan released a statement, saying: "On April 1, I directed the state prosecutor to investigate the disturbing allegations surrounding Mayor Catherine Pugh's questionable financial dealings with the University of Maryland Medical System. Today, federal law enforcement agents are raiding Baltimore's City Hall, the homes of Mayor Catherine Pugh and the office of her attorney."Now more than ever, Baltimore City needs strong and responsible leadership. Mayor Pugh has lost the public trust. She is clearly not fit to lead. "For the good of the city, Mayor Pugh must resign."The City Council had already called on Pugh to resign before the FBI and IRS searches. Members repeated that call Thursday morning."Mayor Pugh needs to resign immediately, this has gone on far too long. It is entirely unfair to the citizens of Baltimore. It has been nothing more than an unnecessary distraction to the important work that we have in front of us. Right now, my focus is on that work," City Councilman Eric Costello said."This is an embarrassment to the city. The city of Baltimore needs to move on. The mayor should resign immediately," City Councilman Brandon Scott said.Neighbors told 11 News the raids were not unexpected, but jarring nonetheless."We knew it was going to come to this, but we didn't think it would be so high scale," said Katrice White, a neighbor."At this point, she should give some response," said Harriette Hayes, a neighbor.Young declined to talk about the warrants Thursday afternoon, saying he doesn't know anything about it. He called what's going on with Pugh an embarrassment, but he stopped short of saying she should resign. He said that's her decision. Young said he hasn't spoken to Pugh in two weeks."It is embarrassing for the city of Baltimore. It's embarrassing that we are on the national news," Young said.U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings is a longtime friend of Pugh's. They marched together to try and bring peace during the 2015 riots. He stopped short of asking her to resign."I think that the mayor has to now make some critical decisions, and while making those decisions that are in the best interest of our city and in the best interest of herself, her health," Cummings said.App users tap here to see more coverage tweets from the 11 News team​