Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson allegedly offered to pay a young woman $1,000 a month after she accused him of touching her inappropriately two years ago, according to a congressional report released Friday.
The accusation is contained in a 62-page report issued by two ranking Republican congressmen investigating President Barack Obama's firing last summer of Gerald Walpin, a federal inspector general who had been investigating alleged misuse of federal grant money by Johnson and his nonprofit St. HOPE organization.
Walpin sent the findings of his probe - including the allegation that Johnson had offered the payments - to the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento for consideration of criminal charges. The office reviewed Walpin's findings and opted instead to reach a civil settlement with Johnson.
"The facts outlined in the referral give rise to reasonable suspicions about potential hush money payments and witness tampering at a federally funded entity," the congressional report concludes. "Yet, it is unclear what, if anything, the U.S. attorney's office did to investigate these allegations."
Source: Sacramento Bee | By Ryan Lillis and Sam Stanton
rlillis@sacbee.com
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