The Mayor of Colorado’s second largest city is under scrutiny for accusations that he lied to the FBI during their investigation of last year’s pre-election “hate crime” hoax.
Yemi Mobolade’s supporters staged a “hate crime” for the media just weeks before the Colorado Springs May 2023 runoff election.
These three supporters have been indicted on felony charges and await their trials.
Mayor Mobolade was in communication with one of these supporters apparently exchanging text messages, talking on the phone and sending Facebook messages.
A recent article from The Daily Wire reports that an unnamed FBI official believes that Mayor Mobolade wasn’t prosecuted due to racial and political motivations.
In this video, Brandon takes a look at the indictment, provides background and speculates on whether the Mayor knew what his supporters were up to.
Not only that, but a big question remains, where did Mobolade get his money and support? What did he do for work prior to 2015? And what’s the controversy regarding his coffee shops?
Links from the Video:
NAACP Facebook post with picture of burning cross: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=227801723266639&set=a.152269067486572
KOAA article from April 2023: CSPD investigating video showing mayoral candidate sign painted with racial slur behind burning cross: https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/cspd-investigating-video-showing-mayoral-candidate-sign-painted-with-racial-slur-behind-burning-cross
DOJ indictment press release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/three-people-indicted-charges-related-hate-crime-hoax
The actual indictment: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69367366/united-states-v-bernard-jr/
Gazette article from November 2024: 3 indicted for hate crime ‘hoax’ to support Colorado Springs mayoral candidate Mobolade: https://gazette.com/news/crime/3-indicted-for-hate-crime-hoax-to-support-colorado-springs-mayoral-candidate-mobolade/article_e6c04d50-a155-11ef-8fc3-13963a650443.html
Daily Wire article: Mayor Lied In Hate Crime Hoax Probe But DOJ Refused To Charge Him, FBI Official Says: https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayor-lied-in-hate-crime-hoax-probe-but-doj-refused-to-charge-him-fbi-official-says
Gazette article from November 2024: Colorado Springs Mayor Mobolade says he ‘fully cooperated’ with investigation into faked hate crime: https://gazette.com/government/mobolade-statement-hate-crime-investigation/article_52f0bf8e-acdf-11ef-8efc-1b6a6e58dabc.html
George Brauchler article from November 2024: Springs mayor owes public some answers | George Brauchler: https://gazette.com/opinion/springs-mayor-owes-public-some-answers-george-brauchler/article_dfb2ee00-ae66-11ef-8a89-e7f570b92f7b.html
May 2024 Run-off Election Vote Totals: https://coloradosprings.gov/document/2023-05-16election-officialstatementofvotescast.pdf
Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemi_Mobolade
Yemi’s archived CV from 2022: https://web.archive.org/web/20220121081457/https://my.visualcv.com/yemimobolade/
Yemi’s Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yemimobolade/
Darcy Schoening’s Google Drive on Yemi: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-JrBIGThO_dSklP89vcANOd2qUqXglST
Archived CS Indy article on the labor dispute from 2020: https://web.archive.org/web/20230610170604/https://csindy.com/news/local/workers-organize-against-owners-of-wild-goose-good-neighbors-meeting-house/article_18f9d656-132a-11eb-b7cb-173c906f35ba.html
Reddit post on the labor dispute: https://www.reddit.com/r/ColoradoSprings/comments/jrmp8z/to_all_friendsformer_staff_of_the_wild_goose_and/
CPR article from April 2024 on the restaurant’s lawsuit from Shamrock Foods: Colorado Springs mayor denies allegations he failed to repay debt, places blame on former business partner: https://www.cpr.org/2024/04/23/colorado-springs-mayor-yemi-mobolade-accused-of-not-paying-debts-lawsuits/
Fox 21 article on the Wild Goose closing from August 2024: https://www.fox21news.com/news/local/wild-goose-meeting-house-announces-closure
Copy of Colorado Springs Campaign Finance information from the 2023 Mayoral race: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_RbX5_Vup2W6NDhU_DN8tOq_dn7OW9qYBtR7f9wlwvw/edit?usp=sharing
Coverage from The Peak: https://thepeak.news/HateCrimeHoax/
