Marion Barry has finally been forced to face some consequences for some of the many misdeeds he’s been accused of over the last 30 years.

The D.C. Council has voted to censure Barry (D-Ward 8) and refer possible public corruption charges against him to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Those findings were presented last week in a report prepared by independent attorney Robert Bennett.

Twelve Council members voted Tuesday to formally censure Barry, as well as strip him of his committee assignments. Barry recused himself from voting on both of those measures.

In long, often rambling responses to his colleagues’ actions against him, Barry was defensive, angry, and emotional.

“If you do this, you ignore justice,” Barry said as he insisted that he had broken no law when he directed earmarks to his close friends, and when he granted a personal services contract to his former girlfriend and then took money from those paychecks for himself. He said Bennett’s report, which he described as “flawed” and “inflammatory,” reduced him to “a Southeast hustler.”

Michael A. Brown (I-At large) will take over as chairman of the Committee on Housing and Workforce Development, while Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) will take Barry’s seat on the Finance and Revenue Committee.