Baltimore Inspector General sues Mayor for allegedly shielding subpoenaed MONSE records

Baltimore City Inspector General Isabel Cumming sues city over access to records

As she promised, Baltimore City Inspector General Isabel Cumming is filing a lawsuit against the city over access to city records. Cumming’s 43-page lawsuit filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court alleges the mayor’s office deliberately withheld records she had subpoenaed on the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. | RELATED: Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott defends limiting inspector general’s access to city records The mayor’s offi…

Baltimore Inspector General announces lawsuit to confirm independence, subpoena authority

Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Cumming announced that her office has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City seeking a declaration confirmin

Baltimore Inspector General sues Mayor for allegedly shielding subpoenaed MONSE records

Baltimore City Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming is taking Mayor Brandon Scott to court over his administration's alleged shielding and withholding of subpoenaed records.The issue stems from Cumming's ongoing investigation into financial transactions made by the Mayors Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE).SEE ALSO: MONSE didn't turn over complete exculpatory evidence in timely manner, risking potential prosecutionsWhen Cu…

Unprecedented: Baltimore inspector general sues Baltimore mayor over records access

An IG has never before challenged the mayor in court, but Isabel Mercedes Cumming says today’s lawsuit is essential to preserve the independence and integrity of her office.

Inspector general sues Baltimore City over access to government records

Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the city, alleging its government launched an “unprecedented attack” on her office’s independence in a dispute over access to records.