Doral’s city manager is asking the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for an internal investigation into the agent who looked into accusations against the city’s police chief, calling the process a “political lynching.”

The Miami-Dade state attorney’s office exonerated Chief Ricardo Gomez — but City Manager Yvonne Soler-McKinley said she felt the chief was unfairly targeted during the FDLE investigation.

“I wanted somebody to do their job fairly, impartially, and ethically. That’s all wanted,” Soler-McKinley said in an interview.

The FDLE investigation began in April when the city manager handed over an anonymous letter to FDLE. The letter claimed Gomez fixed a furniture bid for the new police department building and illegally used taxpayer money to pay for a police ceremony.

In a five-page letter to FDLE Commissioner Gerald M. Bailey, she alleges that the special agent conducting the investigation had potential conflicts of interest, including a family relation between Detective Yvette Gomez, who made a complaint to the city of Doral that supported the contents of the anonymous letter not long after it arrived on the city’s manager desk, and an employee of the FDLE Miami office.

“Regrettably, I feel that this investigation by FDLE turned from a simple fact-finding mission to an attempted political lynching of our police chief,” Soler-McKinley said in the Jan. 23 letter.

Soler-McKinley said she questioned the close-out memo prepared by FDLE’s Miami Regional Operations Center.

FDLE spokeswoman Kristi Gordon said the agency would not comment on Soler-McKinley’s letter.

Special Agent William Saladrigas, case agent and the subject of Soler-McKinley’s complaint, also declined to comment.

“As much as I’d like to,” Saladrigas said.

Soler-McKinley initially requested the investigation be done by the FDLE’s Palm Beach or Fort Myer’s office, to ensure that the investigation was impartial.

Soler-McKinley also questioned the credibility of former city manager Sergio Purriños, who was interviewed as part of the investigation.

Purriños, Soler-McKinley’s predecessor, claimed Gomez’ was responsible for “all the planning, selection and ancillary issues” of the swearing-in ceremony. The ceremony was paid for with $28,000 of extra money leftover from a contract with Emergency Vehicle Supplies. The company retrofitted the department’s cars.

Purriños resigned from Doral in 2008 and from Homestead as city manager in 2011. Homestead’s current city manager later told investigators Purriños had allegedly misused a Homestead city credit card; he was charged with any wrongdoing.

“That is in one word, gossip from someone that is a “yes” person and nothing more,” Purriños told the Herald last week. “All these gossips were generated by political interests and nothing more,” he said.

In her letter, Soler-McKinley says Montgomery’s wife, Darlene Montgomery, and Saladrigas both worked for Miami-Dade internal affairs department. According to Miami-Dade police, their time with the department overlapped but they did not serve together in the professional compliance bureau.

Soler-McKinley also says the FDLE’s final report misrepresents the State Attorney’s Office findings, which included the recommendation that the issue was an administrative city matter.

“The question of the best use of city funds for city functions is an issue that should be addressed by the city, city manager and the city council,” said the letter.

Soler-McKinley objects to FDLE’s re-examination of State Attorney’s investigation into the firing of a police detective and the hiring of a police officer because of pressure from the city administration. The State Attorney’s office closed the case two years ago, saying there was no wrongdoing.

Last month, Gomez asked the city pay back the $17,000 he has spent on in legal fees.

Doral City Attorney Jimmy Morales said he is researching whether Gomez has the right to request reimbursement.

Said Soler-McKinley: “And if he does, I guess we will put it in the agenda and let the votes fall where they may.”