Martin Austermuhle
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown says goodbye while leaving his office in Washington, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Another charge is being filed against former D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown today, this one for a misdemeanor campaign finance violation related to his 2008 At-Large campaign. Brown is accused of setting up an unauthorized bank account run by his brother that was used for illegal campaign expenditures. The account was said to have some $60,000 in it.
That’s not the only controversy related to Brown’s 2008 campaign. An audit by the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance last April found that Brown’s campaign did not report some $270,000 in contributions and expenditures and that he passed $239,000 to a consulting firm owned by his brother. Last July the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics referred the matter to federal prosecutors.
