NYT > U.S. News Corruption Trial Begins for Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and City Contractors Par : Soumya Karlamangla 14 octobre 2026 à 18:29 In opening arguments, prosecutors said that Sheng Thao “put her power up for sale.” One lawyer for the defendants called the bribery scheme “pure fiction.” © Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated PressSheng Thao, the former mayor of Oakland, Calif., center, is on trial this week with three others on corruption charges.