Video shows Lodi city council member's resignation
New body camera footage has been released showing Lodi City Councilman Shakir Khan agreeing to step down after being hit with new charges
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New body camera footage has been released showing Lodi City Councilman Shakir Khan agreeing to step down after being hit with new charges
Newly released video shows the meeting between Lodi city council member Shakir Khan and Lodi Mayor Mikey Hothi in which Khan resigned. Khan's lawyer now says the resignation was coerced.
A controversy involving a councilman in Lodi continued as he sat in a San Joaquin County courtroom Tuesday.
Lodi city councilman Shakir Khan was in a San Joaquin County courtroom Tuesday (2/21) alongside his co-defendants who are also accused of illegal gambling and money laundering. Khan was arrested on those charges before the new election fraud charges were ever filed. He’s not in custody, but is required to wear an ankle monitor and says he’s still a city councilmember in Lodi, contrary to what city officials told CBS13.
A Lodi City Council member facing election fraud charges made his first court appearance Friday and was released with stipulations.
He was arrested, forced to resign, and now he's back on the job? It's a new twist after a local politician was placed in cuffs.
He was arrested, forced to resign, and now he's back on the job? It's a new twist after a local politician was placed in cuffs. The attorney of Shakir Khan says his client was coerced into agreeing to step down. The new charges of voter fraud against Khan come as a separate criminal case from 2019 moves forward. Shakir Khan's attorney tells us his client was "under duress" when a city official forced him to resign without any legal representation there. He says Khan has not stepped down from his city council post, but the sheriff's office says there is a long list of evidence that shows Khan violated the public's trust.
A Lodi city council member under heavy scrutiny for multiple criminal charges resigned, then claimed his resignation was coerced.
Lodi city council member Shakir Khan, already under heavy scrutiny for previous criminal charges, is now facing new charges related to the 2020 election. On Thursday morning, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office announced that Shakir Khan had been arrested. Later that day, he resigned from public office.
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