In addition to records about Natale, investigators looking into corruption in Camden were seeking documents related to various contractors who said they made renovations on Milan's home, in some cases for free. And they were looking for documents related to admitted drug dealer Saul Febo.
In recent weeks, both Febo and Natale began cooperating with federal authorities and were named among several dozen people and businesses listed on the search warrant for Milan's City Hall office and on a grand jury subpoena issued Thursday that seeks a wide assortment of city documents.
Yesterday, investigators filed an inventory of documents and materials carted off in at least 16 boxes from Milan's home and office Thursday. The inventory list remains under seal in U.S. District Court in Camden. Officials also have not released documents setting forth the underlying basis to obtain the warrants.
The warrant, for example, sought information about agencies including the Camden Housing Services Department, Camden Municipal Prosecutor and Public Defender, companies that did business with the city or did work on Milan's house, and two political-action committees.
Milan's defense attorney, Edwin J. Jacobs Jr., said yesterday that he had received no clarification regarding the focus of the inquiry and said that Milan has not been told that he is a "target" of the investigation - a term used by federal prosecutors to refer to someone who is likely to be indicted.
"I don't need a target letter," said Jacobs. "When the FBI is rummaging through your bedroom, you'd better consider yourself a target."
Jacobs said previously that the search warrants sought evidence of extortion, fraud in public property, mail fraud, tax fraud, conspiracy and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering.
