FILE - In this May 13, 2016, file photo, Oakland Chief of Police Sean Whent speaks during a news conference in Oakland, Calif. In a court filing Wednesday, June 21, 2017, a court-appointed California investigator Ed Swanson has blamed Oakland's mayor and Whent, the city's former police chief, for mishandling and downplaying a sexual misconduct scandal in the city's police department. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)