Oakland mayors attorney quits after being surprised by news conference [Video]

(KRON) — Embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s attorney has resigned as her counsel after the mayor gave a press conference Monday without informing him. Tony Brass, a high-profile attorney who also represents accused Bob Lee killer Nima Momeni, was retained as Mayor Thao’s counsel late last week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided her Oakland home.

“I have officially withdrawn as Sheng Thao’s counsel,” Brass told Bay City News, via text message.

Another business to close on Oakland’s troubled Hegenberger corridor

The mayor remained silent for several days, declining to speak about the raid or to address a mass shooting in Oakland Wednesday, in which 15 people were shot at a Juneteenth celebration. On Monday, she broke her silence, addressing the shooting briefly before launching into a fiery, and at times emotional statement about the raid.

In the statement, which KRON4.comhas learned she did not inform her attorney about ahead …