Mayor Vince Gray’s attorney spoke today, saying that Gray has been “treated very unfairly by some in the media and those with their own political agendas.”
Independent attorney Robert Bennett and his associate, Amy Sabrin, filed a supplemental report on Monday on their investigation into ethics violations on the part of Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry. The original report, commissioned by the D.C. Council, can be found here. Included in the following 39 pages are the response from Barry’s attorney, Fred Cooke (pg. 18), a response from Rev. Anthony Motley (pg. 27), and Bennett’s additional conclusions, which state that Barry…
He doesn’t think he did anything illegal, but Marion Barry has apologized for failing to use what he termed “good judgment” when he hired girlfriend Donna Watts-Brighthaupt under a personal services contract with his office, WRC/NBC4 reports. At a press conference this afternoon at the Union Temple Baptist Church, Barry insisted that there was “no violation of conflict of interest, there was a violation of law of good sense and law of sound judgment.”…
We’ve been busy since yesterday reading through the full 107-page report, prepared by Special Counsel Robert Bennett, on the findings of his investigation into alleged ethics violations by D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8). While you’ve already read the gist of the report’s biggest revelations, there’s plenty more material in there that shouldn’t go unmentioned. So we’ve excerpted some of the most revealing passages below: Page 12: “Mr. Barry’s Narcotics Anonymous sponsor received…
Photo by Kyle Gustafson / photokyle.com You’ve read the stories and maybe even read the report detailing how D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) has repeatedly misused city money by doling it out to his personal friends and associates. That included his former girlfriend, Donna Watts-Brighthaupt, from whom he allegedly then asked for kickbacks. You may have already made up your mind about Barry’s guilt. But give the man a chance to defend…
We finally got the full report, all 107 pages of it. Guess what we’ll be reading tonight! Enjoy. Bennett Report…
If you weren’t tuned in to Channel 13 this morning, you missed an extraordinary presentation by former Skadden attorney Robert Bennett on his findings from the ethics investigation into Ward 8 D.C. Council member Marion Barry. Bennett, alongside his associate, Amy Sabrin, today laid out in great detail how they found Barry had repeatedly violated ethics laws when he funneled city money to his personal friends and associates, including his former girlfriend, Donna Watts-Brighthaupt….
And so it was — the U.S. Senate voted today 57-42 in favor of closing debate on legislation that would grant the District a voting seat in the House of Representatives, three short of what was needed to prevent a Republican-led filibuster. The measure, which passed the House in April, is now likely dead, and another attempt to correct a 200-year injustice has been thwarted. Of course, the legislation could be re-introduced, but it won’t…
The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing to consider legislation that would grant the District a voting seat in the House of Representatives. The hearing, which will be presided over by bill sponsor Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), will take place on Tuesday, May 15 in 342 Dirksen. The hearing — which we’ll try to live-blog, obvs — should be interesting. Among the Republicans on the committee are a…
TUESDAY Tired of running into the virtual junta of returned Peace Corps volunteers living in our fair city and being forced to listen to story upon story about how working in an office every day will just never be as fulfilling as digging that well in Cameroon? Then this event is not for you. Former Peace Corps volunteers read from and sign A Life Inspired: Tales of Peace Corps Service. Peace Corps, 111 20th…
