FBI raids and a recycling firm: how a promising US mayor wound up at the center of a bribery scandal

As Oakland residents watch ex-mayor Sheng Thao stand trial, the scandal has come to symbolise wider frustrationsTwo years ago, residents of Oakland, California, woke up to a shocking scene: their mayor’s home was being raided by the FBI. Agents were seen carrying dozens of boxes from the hilltop home of Sheng Thao, the city’s 38-year-old leader, as part of an…