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Good morning, Washington. Despite assertions that he’s been “railroaded through the public with a bunch of lies,” Sulaimon Brown now admits that by allegedly taking money during the mayoral campaign from the Gray administration, he broke the law. What law, precisely, did he break? Well, that’s not entirely clear. The Post reports that the District’s laws on this kind of situation aren’t crystal clear — at one point there was a law against “offering or receiving money, property or valuable consideration to procure office,” but that was repealed in 1982, and federal statutes on the matter might not extend to the District. Something fishy’s definitely going on with Brown’s mayoral campaign fundraising records, though: the Post notes that Brown’s final four donations are questionable, including one where a resident at the donor’s address told the paper that she was “curious about how [her] name got on” the list. (Brown claims that he stopped collecting campaign donations because Mayor Adrian Fenty’s administration was threatening to raise his supporters’ property taxes.) Meanwhile, Council Chair Kwame Brown — who, along with Attorney General Irv Nathan, has been asked by Gray to investigate the matter — has referred his investigation to the D.C. Inspector General, noting in a statement released late last night that the Brown hiring “deserve[s] an independent review” — a move which several Councilmembers reportedly agree with. Others, like Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), are calling for the U.S. Attorney to get involved.

Henderson To Be Named Permanent Chancellor: He hinted at it yesterday, and the Post reports this morning that Gray will announce interim D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson will get the job full time. Gray had convened a selection advisory team, but the panel apparently hasn’t looked at any candidate other than Henderson, who was named to the interim post after Michelle Rhee resigned last October. The Washington Teachers’ Union isn’t thrilled about the news; add to that looming budget cuts, potential school closures and controversy over the leadership at Hardy Middle School in Georgetown, and Henderson will certainly have her work cut out for her.

Arlington Can’t Identify Remains: An internal error means Arlington National Cemetery will bury its first unknown soldiers in over a decade. The three unknown remains were part of a set of eight which were found stuffed into a single grave, part of a scandal which led to a sweeping leadership change and a Congressional mandate that the Cemetery take an inventory of all 320,000 remains it houses.

Briefly Noted: Hey, it actually snowed a little bit…Section of 16th Street NW temporarily closed due to high water this morning…Australia to make major donation for construction of Vietnam Memorial visitors center…Virginia authorities accused of taking drunk joyride in fire truck…Ride On bus crashes into home in Gaithersburg…Man runs from crash on I-395…Va. post-conviction DNA testing exonerates five people in five years…No dancing for American’s basketball team this year…Excellent: D.C.’s politician Twitter superlatives.

This Day in DCist: Last year, we were talking urban beekeeping and watched as robots engaged in combat inside the Convention Center; a couple of years ago, excitement was everywhere you looked in Bethesda.