"It's shocking," (I.G. Isabel Mercedes) Cumming told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren as she held up some heavily redacted documents. "Cash app $102. I can't tell you who paid it. $500 here. I can't tell you where the money went, just pages that I don't even know what it is." Source: 

According to a January 24, 2026 news release from the Mayor’s office, “the City's Law Department discovered an unauthorized account had access to their files, including those protected by the confidential attorney-client and work-product privileges…The Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct require lawyers to assure confidential and privileged communications for clients…Removal of this access will not impede the lawful work of the Office of the Inspector General.”

The I.G. disagreed. Source: cbsnews.com/baltimore  and Mayor's January 24, 2026 press release.