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THIS EVENT EXCLUDES ELECTROLUX AND TEMPUR-PEDIC. Now Hiring, Full Part Time Seasonal Help, apply in store or online https://jobs.sears.com FROM PAGE ONE wait because Baltimore wait. Balti- more needs a leaderwho iswilling to risk it all for the In particular, he focused on crime and the 300 homicides the city has suffered each year for four consecutive years. Scott said hewas tired of attending and speaking at funerals. people do not live like this.

Why he said to cheers. Healso saidhewouldhireacitymanager to run government in a nonpolitical way, if elected. Elsewhere in Baltimore, an- nouncement met with as much support. At a tour of the newly renovated Enoch PrattFreeLibrarycentral 65, was asked for his reaction. in the city can run for any position they said the Democratic mayor, adding that he made a call himself about running.

Asked if he thought Scott would make a good mayor, Young said, should ask Dixon, anotherDemocratwho is consid- ering a run for mayor herself, was more direct in her criticism. She noted Scott has run for lieutenant governor and City Council president in the past two years. did you want the City Council president seat if you were going to run for said. this takingadvantageofanopportuni- ty? This is not a game.Weneed peoplewho want to get in there for the right reasons. We need people who just want the title Even so, Dixon, 65, called Scott a rhetori- cally.

wanted to be lieutenant governor. Brandon wanted to be City Council president. Is this an Dixon said she would be making a decision aboutwhether to run. all happening, I know I could get in there and get things straight with crime, the ransom, water Dixon said. need Thecity sufferedacripplingransomware attack inMay, just after Young took over as mayor.

It affected a number of city services, including holding upwater bills for so long that customers recently received large bills for severalmonths of usage. Vignarajah said he welcomed Scott to a not sure how Brandon, whoischairofpublic safetyanddidnothing to stop skyrocketing murders except push through a felon as commissioner, thinks ready to be Vignarajah said. down the road, but not now when in a Scott was an ally of former Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa, who was sentenced earlier this year to 10 months in federal prison for tax fraud. Adozencandidateshave formally filed to run formayor, including Republicans Cata- lina Byrd and ShannonWright. Democrats who have said they are running include Vignarajah, Baltimore activist Carlmichael Cannady, and the unofficial or of Lou Catelli, who is also calledWill Bauer.

In addition to Young and Dixon, promi- nent Democrats considering a run include former Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith, state Del. Nick J. Mosby, and state Sen.MaryWashington. In response to the comments from Dixon, Young and Vignarajah, Scott cam- paign manager Marvin James said the council president would steer clear of personal attacks.

council president has a commit- ment to the people of Baltimore and is focused on delivering results. He has no time for James said. At his campaign announcement, Scott was endorsed byErricka Bridgeford, one of the organizers of the anti-violence group Baltimore Ceasefire. Bridgeford said what she admires most about Scott is his integrity. have seenBrandon stand strongon the side of she said.

puts his integrity first. I resources, my reputation behind Brandon Scott TheDemocraticandRepublicanprimary elections are April 28. The filing deadline is Jan. 24. In Baltimore, Democrats outnumber Republicans about10-to-1.

RIVALS From page 1 Brandon Scott shares a laugh with one of his supporters Friday after he announced his bid to run for mayor of Baltimore. LLOYD BALTIMORE SUN by assigning federal agents to filter through the records. Such work trampled on protec- tions that safeguard communications be- tween a lawyer and his clients, James P. Ulwick, an attorney for the firm, told the court. Of more than 50,000 emails seized from Treem, only 116 came from Ravenell, Ulwick said.

Tens of thousands of the rest pertained to other clients, firmhad asked the courts to stop the review to protect their privacy. are pleased that the Court agreed with us that the US proposed method of review of those documents was wrong and needed to be Ulwick wrote in an email Friday. Law Firm looks forward to working with the Court to expedite the return of its documents, andwe greatly appreciate the speed with which the Court of Appeals stepped in to protect Law Firmand its The judges handed down their order in twodays. we will abide by the said Marcia Murphy, spokeswoman for the U.S.Attorney’sOffice inBaltimore. Both she and Ulwick declined to discuss thematter further.

Thedecision cameThursday and it orders amagistrate judgetoseizeall theemails, filter out those that relate to Ravenell and return the rest to Brown, Goldstein Levy. Further, the prosecutors must hand over all their ownworkmaterials from the review so far. Federal prosecutors have closely guarded their reasons for investigating Treem and Ravenell. The case remains sealed from the public. The appeals court filings are partially redacted and do not name the law firm, Treem or Ravenell, but they do contain enough information to identify them.

In the few court records available, prosecutors indicate that Ravenell was under investiga- ing andobstruction, and that an investigation intoRavenell hadbeenobstructedbyTreem. Neither man has been charged with a crime, nor have they returned messages about the case. In June, federal agents raided the offices of Treem andRavenell and seized the emails. Agents previously raided office in 2014, when he worked as a partner at the law firm of William H. Murphy Jr.

Ravenell left the firm shortly thereafter. That raidhas goneunexplained. Since top defense attorneys, represent- ing defendants in high-profile criminal cases suchas themurder last summerof 7-year-old TaylorHayes. Treem, also a veteran attorney, began his career as a federal prosecutor inBaltimore in the 1970s, according to his website. He went on to defend high-profile clients including the Indianapolis Colts who were sued after leaving Baltimore in 1984.

He handleswhite-collar crime. Their appeals court case has drawn attention from legal observers who have waited to see if judges would give federal prosecutors the latitude to seize and review emails from defense attorneys. The prose- cutors in Baltimore had shopped out their review to DEA and IRS agents in Greenbelt, arguing the distance would keep from their eyes anyemails pertaining toother clients. ofAppeals JudgeRobertB. King described themove as but the foxbeing in The order is similar to one made last year inthefederal investigationofMichaelCohen, a former private attorney for President DonaldTrump.Thecourtsorderedmaterials seized from office and home to be reviewed by a retired judge to filter out records protected by attorney-client privi- lege.

REVIEW From page 1 Attorney Ken Ravenell scored a victory Friday from a federal appeals court. AMY SUN.