UPDATE: Postponed. Tong Holds Fundraiser for Embattled Harp as Feds Investigate Her Administration.

New Haven Mayor Toni Harp will be raising money in Stamford today for her embattled re-election campaign as federal authorities continue to probe her administration. The New Haven Independent broke the story Tuesday that a federal subpoena was served earlier this month on Corporation Counsel John Rose, keeper of some of the city’s documents.

The subpoena follows other more informal inquiries around the city by federal investigators. Harp had been hoping to hold off public acknowledgement of investigators’ interest in her administration until after September’s primary.

Attorney General William Tong is headlining tonight’s Harp fundraising. The state’s chief civil law enforcement officer sponsoring a money event for a mayor with a federal criminal investigation hovering over her may not be the look the Tahoe Tong seeks to create among a crowd of ambitious Democratic rivals hungry for opportunity.

UPDATE: The Harp-Tong fundraising event has been postponed. Instead, the duo will be attending a community event in New Haven, where Harp faces a difficult Democratic primary in September.