Baltimore Mayor Pugh resigns after month on leave amid investigation into her business deals

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Baltimore Mayor Pugh resigns after month on leave amid investigation into her business deals

By Ian Duncan, Jean Marbella and Luke BroadwaterContact Reporters
The Baltimore Sun
May 2, 2019 3:50 PM

Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh resigned Thursday, apologizing for the harm she has caused to the city's image and the mayor's office amid a growing scandal over her sales of a self-published children's book series.

Pugh submitted a letter of resignation dated Thursday. Her resignation is effective immediately, attorney Steven Silverman said at a news conference. She did not attend, and Silverman took no questions.

"Dear citizens of Baltimore I would like to thank you for allowing me to serve as the 50th mayor. It has been an honor and privilege," Pugh, 69, said in a statement read by Silverman. "I'm sorry for the harm that I have caused to the image of the city of Baltimore and the credibility of the office of the mayor. Baltimore deserves a mayor who can move our great city forward."

The Democrat's defiant pledge last month to return to work gave way after federal agents raided her home and City Hall office a week ago. She becomes the second Baltimore mayor in a decade to quit in connection with a criminal investigation.

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Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton contributed to this article.

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