Mayor Khan Appears to Have Leaked Text Messages to Damage Irvine Congresswoman Katie Porter
Just as ballots were arriving in Irvine mailboxes, damaging text messages involving Irvine’s Congressional representative, Katie Porter, were leaked to Fox News.
According to an article published this week in Voice of OC, Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan is apparently the person who leaked the text messages to the national media.
The leaked text exchange took place last year between Khan and Porter. Their exchange was about the policing of a campaign event Porter held in Irvine that was disrupted by aggressive protesters.
Mayor Khan originally blamed the leak on City officials, saying that they had released a series of text messages between Khan and Porter after a public records request had been made. However, Irvine’s City Clerk disputed Khan’s claim, stating that the City had not yet responded to the public records request when the texts were leaked to the national media.
