A Maryland state senator charged in a fraud case was indicted on an additional count of obstruction of justice Wednesday after being accused of trying to tip off someone under federal investigation while cooperating with the FBI.
The government alleges Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks, 71, had agreed to record conversations with a target under investigation from January to March.
Oaks (D-Baltimore) later told the person at a bar in Annapolis, “What we talked about, just say, ‘no,’ ” according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s Office in Maryland.
Later, in the hallway of a state government building, Oaks told the same person, “I’m going to ask you for something, just say, ‘no,’ ” prosecutors said.
Investigators think Oaks’s messages were an attempt to warn the person to avoid criminal activity because of the ongoing FBI investigation, the statement said.
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