FBI raids home and office of Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-jose-huizar-investigation-20181107-story.html

FBI agents outside the home of L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar on Wednesday morning. FBI agents also searched Huizar's City Hall office and were seen removing boxes.

FBI agents executed search warrants at the home and office of Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar on Wednesday morning and removed multiple boxes before a crowd of stunned City Hall staffers.

More than 15 people wearing FBI jackets descended on Huizar’s fourth floor office around 9 a.m., while agents and at least one dog entered Huizar’s Spanish stucco home in Boyle Heights around the same time, according to witnesses.

The FBI investigation comes as Huizar is already under serious legal pressure. Over the past month, two former staffers have filed lawsuits alleging that he engaged in an extramarital affair with an aide and engaged in potentially unethical activities.

Mayra Alvarez, a former Huizar aide, said in her lawsuit the councilman instructed staffers to work on his wife’s planned council campaign on city time. Pauline Medina, another former aide, alleged that she and other employees were instructed to perform inappropriate tasks, including raising money on city time for his alma mater, Salesian High School in Boyle Heights.