Federal prosecutors say recent FBI surveillance of Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) undermined her claim that she is medically unfit to stand trial on public corruption charges.
Federal prosecutors say recent FBI surveillance of Ald. Carrie Austin undermined her claim that she isIn asking last month for U.S. District Judge John Kness to find her unfit, Austin’s lawyers said her deteriorating health issues have brought her to a point where she could not pass a six-minute walking test in September, and that she struggles even with the help of a portable oxygen concentrator.
"FBI agents did not observe her using oxygen at any time during the surveillance," Assistant U.S. Attorney Vikas Didwania wrote.The only time the FBI saw Austin using an oxygen mask was when she left a medical facility Nov. 21, according to Didwania.
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