Video: Trenton Mayor Tony Mack addresses media after FBI raid Trenton Mayor Tony Mack addresses the media outside his house after an FBI search of his residence in the predawn hours of July 18, 2012. "We have not violated the public trust in any way," Mack said, as he left with his son Tony Mack Jr. at his side Watch video TRENTON -- A swarm of FBI agents arrived at Trenton City Hall this morning as part of the expanding federal probe of Mayor Tony Mack.
Roughly 20 agents arrived in 10 cars and were seen carrying crates and wearing rubber gloves as they entered through the back door of City Hall shortly after 10 a.m.
Inside the East State Street building, which is just blocks from the Statehouse, agents were seen going through filing cabinets in the first floor offices of the departments of purchasing and administration.
Additional agents were searching the recreation department on the third floor of City Hall while employees sat outside on chairs.
One employee, who asked not to be identified because of the ongoing probe, said workers were barred from using their computers while the FBI agents conducted the search.
FBI spokeswoman Barbara Woodruff confirmed that a search of various offices inside City Hall is ongoing, but could not identify which specific offices are being searched.
The City Hall raids follow three searches early Wednesday, including a five-hour visit by federal agents to Mack's Berkeley Avenue home. Agents left with two boxes.
Additional searches were conducted at two other residences in Trenton and Ewing, federal authorities said.
Those houses are owned by Mack's brother Ralphiel Mack, who is the head football coach for Trenton Central High School, and Joseph “JoJo” Giorgianni, who is a convicted child molester who gave thousands of dollars to Mack’s 2010 mayoral election campaign.
Mack has denied any wrongdoing and no once has been charged in the expanding federal probe.
“We have not violated the public trust in any way, nor have I violated any of my public duties, and I have no further comment on this matter,” Mack said in a brief statement, before decline to answer questions to a group of reporters
As the search at City Hall entered its second hour, Trenton Councilwoman Marge Caldwell-Wilson said she was surprised to find the federal agents there this morning.
"I'm just here to make sure our clerk's office and council business is moving forward as best we can," Caldwell-Wilson said. "I was pretty shocked when I heard this morning. And I'm not going to interfere with the investigation. I'm going to let them move on."
Mack’s administration has been plagued with accusations of cronyism and corruption since he took office in July 2010. He has cycled through business administrators and police directors and seen appointees step down when they were charged with crimes, or when their criminal histories or personal financial troubles came to light.
Among those prosecuted have been Mack’s half-brother, a city water utility employee, as well as a former business administrator and a former chief of staff. A number of employees have sued the administration, including a former recreation employee who alleged that a close Mack associate, acting public works director Harold Hall, acted to bypass public bidding requirements and hired unqualified friends and relatives.
The FBI has investigated a political action committee that funneled donations to Mack, but the mayor has not been known to be under investigation personally.
Separately, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office also continues its investigations into the city government, Prosecutor Joe Bocchini said Wednesday.
By Mike Davis, Alex Zdan, Jenna Pizzi/The Times of Trenton
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• Committee to recall Mayor Mack fails to collect 9,860 needed signatures to force special election
• Four Trenton council members express "no confidence" in Mayor Tony Mack
