The Supreme Court voted unanimously this June to overturn his corruption conviction.

Analysts say the ruling will make it harder to bring future corruption charges against politicians. It is unclear if prosecutors will attempt to retry McDonnell.

“I should have resisted the culture of corruption running rampant in our city.”

A Philadelphia businessman pleaded guilty today to one misdemeanor count of violating campaign finance laws in an expanding federal probe of political donations made to federal and local D.C. lawmakers.

An associate of the former D.C. contractor Jeff Thompson pleaded guilty today to violating campaign finance laws in what federal prosecutors call a “straw donor” scheme.

Former D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown’s sentencing has been put off from September to November, while former Vince Gray campaign confidante Howard Brooks may get a lighter sentence than originally expected.

Once in a while, America’s leading gasbag, Rush Limbaugh, likes to wade into D.C.’s local politics. Why? Who knows? It’s not like he gets it right.

At a press conference late this afternoon, U.S. Attorney for D.C. spared no effort in making his point clear—he’ll get corrupt D.C. officials one way or another.

Thomas Gore, a close friend and former assistant treasurer of his 2010 mayoral campaign, today pleaded guilty to steering money orders to the floundering campaign of fringe candidate Sulaimon Brown and then destroying evidence of the fact once federal investigators started looking into the allegations.

William Shelton, a former Ward 5 ANC commissioner who spent $28,000 of city funds on himself, was sentenced today to 30 days in jail and 150 days of home confinement, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney for D.C.