Before Leo Wise was assigned to investigate Hunter Biden, he had built a reputation in Baltimore as a tough and hard-charging federal prosecutor.

President Joe Biden has nominated former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to lead the Social Security Administration.

A former aide who helped ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh fraudulently sell her self-published children’s books to nonprofits was sentenced Friday to more than two years in federal prison. In February, Chasanow sentenced Pugh to three years in prison for her role in the scheme to profit from sales of her “Healthy Holly” books. While on the government payroll, he served as Pugh’s “right-hand man from start to finish” on the fraudulent book sales, prosecutors wrote. Pugh was elected mayor in 2016 and resigned under pressure in May 2019 as authorities investigated her book sales. In 2017, Brown reached a plea deal in the case brought by the Maryland State Prosecutor’s Office without implicating Pugh.

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh leaves her sentencing hearing at U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Pugh is expected to plead guilty to perjury. Baltimores disgraced former mayor Catherine Pugh, who was embroiled in a scandal involving her Healthy Holly" children's books, is expected to plead guilty to perjury Friday, the state prosecutor said. She had pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges last year and is scheduled to report to federal prison later this month. The state perjury charge relates to Pughs failure to disclose her business interest in Healthy Holly, LLC on her financial disclosure forms when she was a Maryland state senator.

FILE - This file photo combo shows, from left, Baltimore Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young, Sheila Dixon, Thiru Vignarajah, Mary Miller and Brandon Scott. (AP Photo/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)BALTIMORE Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott began leading former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon by nearly 400 votes after more ballots were counted in the citys Democratic mayoral primary. Nearly 18,500 votes have yet to be counted, and still more could arrive, The Baltimore Sun reported. Nick Mosby with 41% of the vote in a Democratic primary race for Baltimore City Council president. In the Democratic primary for Baltimore comptroller, City Councilman Bill Henry was leading incumbent Joan Pratt by nearly 10,000 votes.

FILE - This file photo combo shows, from left, Baltimore Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young, Sheila Dixon, Thiru Vignarajah, Mary Miller and Brandon Scott. (AP Photo/The Baltimore Sun via AP, File)BALTIMORE The race for the Democratic nomination for Baltimore mayor was too close to call Tuesday. After polls closed, the citys Board of Elections released mail-in votes received through late last week. The coronavirus pandemic prompted the shift to a primarily mail-in election. Shannon Wright led the GOP primary race based on the votes cast as of early Wednesday.