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…Mayor Vince Gray’s release of an audit of his 2010-2011 transition fund might take the cake. The audit, which has been long awaited, hit local in-boxes at 4:42 p.m. On Friday. Before a three-day weekend. The Post did get an early jump on it, writing late this afternoon:

The audit, conducted at Gray’s request by Benjamin Associates LLC, shows the DC One City Fund collected just under $1 million to pay for Gray’s inauguration and staff costs following the November 2010 general election.

The bulk of the money, about $714,000, was spent paying vendors who helped produce Gray’s inaugural ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention after he was sworn in on Jan. 1, 2011.

But the audit, a copy of which was obtained by the Washington Post, reveals previously undisclosed payments to Gray consultant Howard Brooks and Reuben Charles, who chaired the One City Fund.

Apparently deaf to irony, the audit came accompanied with the following statement: “The report is consistent with the Mayor’s commitment to transparency and openness.”

The full audit is below.

DC One City Fund