The mayor of a northern Massachusetts town went viral on social media in recent days after his lawyer told reporters he doesn’t speak English when they pressed him on being arrested for COVID-19 pandemic relief fraud.

Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña, 61, was arrested Friday morning following an investigation into his alleged misuse of more than $1.5 million of Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), a program administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the CARES Act to assist struggling businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“He doesn’t speak English, no comment,” DePeña’s lawyer said in the clip as DePeña repeatedly smiles…

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