Archive: https://archive.today/XpOIL From the post: >>Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has blown up to $650,000 in city funds in preparation for Wednesday's congressional hearing, according to an explosive new report. The Democrat, 40, is reportedly bringing a dozen staff members with her to the hearing on sanctuary cities, which will cost taxpayers an additional $8,500. The progressive mayor has also hired a legal 'team' - the Washington D.C. law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel - which charges $950 an hour, according to the Boston Herald. The total amount of taxpayer money Wu has splashed to prepare for her day in front of Congress has surpassed half a million dollars - as locals, who are footing the bill, called her ridiculous spending a 'scam.' Wu showed up to the Sanctuary City House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday with a religious ash cross on her forehead - and she was accompanied by her one-month-old baby.