Former Obama spokesperson charged with financial felony in city engulfed by fraud scandals

A former Obama press aide, Adam Fetcher, is facing a felony charge, accused of stealing a co-worker’s debit card to purchase kratom, a mood-altering substance, from a Minneapolis smoke shop.

Fetcher served as the chief communications officer for the City of Minneapolis until he was fired from his role in early July during a police investigation after reports he had stolen cash and bank cards from three fellow municipal employees and blown through hundreds of dollars in smoke shops. 

Prosecutors...