Deputy Mayor Brian K. Williams has been described as “the closest thing to a choir boy,” so on Tuesday, Dec. 17, when reports started coming in that FBI agents searched his home as part of an investigation into whether he made a bomb threat against City Hall, many who know the man found the allegations to be “impossible.”
The office of Mayor Karen Bass released a statement saying that Mayor Bass had been notified of Tuesday’s search at the residence of Williams, who serves as the deputy mayor for public safety overseeing LAPD, LAFD, Emergency Management Department, port police and airport police.
“Our initial investigation revealed that the source of the threat was likely from Brian Williams, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety,” the department said in a statement Wednesday. “Due to the Department’s working relationship with Mr. Williams, the investigation was referred to the FBI. The FBI remains the investigating agency.”…