Kwame Brown. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)

After pleading guilty to a felony bank fraud charge this morning, former D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown went two-for-two this afternoon when he admitted guilt to a campaign finance charge related to his 2008 re-election campaign.

During a hearing in D.C. Superior Court, Brown admitted to knowing about an unauthorized account that was used to pay campaign workers for get-out-the-vote activities ahead of his 2008 re-election to the D.C. Council. Under D.C. law, campaigns have to register their bank accounts with the Office of Campaign Finance, along with the name of their authorized campaign treasurers.

The account—registered and controlled by an unnamed relative of Brown’s and flush with $60,000—was used to pay the workers in cash above the $50 limit that is allowed under D.C. law. Five checks written to “cash” from the account far exceeded that limit—they ranged from $1,500 to $5,000. No details were offered as to what the money was used for; it is often referred to as “walking around money” and is put to use the day of elections.

Brown could face up to six months in prison for the charge and a $5,000 fine; he’ll be sentenced on September 20, the same day he’ll have to face sentencing on the bank fraud charge.

While Brown did not speak this afternoon, during comments after his morning hearing he said that the use of walking around money is common in D.C. politics and that he is the first candidate to plead guilty to the offense. His attorney, Fred Cooke, said that there was no larger case against Brown and that he had no pleaded guilty to these offenses to avoid any other charges for himself or his family.