Sulaimon Brown endorsed Anita Bonds for a D.C. Council seat today. Wait, who?
At a news conference the day after federal prosecutors revealed the details of an unaccounted “shadow” campaign that had been waged on his behalf in 2010, Mayor Vince Gray said he still plans to finish his term.
In case you were wondering, Sulaimon Brown backs Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) for Interim D.C. Council Chair.
As expected, a campaign aide to Mayor Vince Gray pleaded guilty today to lying to federal investigators about his role in a scheme to pay fringe mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown to stay in the 2010 race and attack Mayor Adrian Fenty.
The day after an assistant campaign treasurer to Mayor Vince Gray’s 2010 campaign pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations, another aide has been charged for making false statements to federal investigators.
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.
An assistant treasurer for Mayor Vince Gray’s 2010 mayoral campaign was charged today with violating campaign finance laws, including destroying evidence and funneling money to a campaign other than the one he worked for.
Mayor Vince Gray has been accused of running a shadow campaign during his 2010 mayoral bid, further threatening to derail yet another year for his troubled administration.
Phew! It’s been quite the year, huh? In this periodic end-of-the-year series, we look at the people and places that made 2011 what it was. In this installment, it’s Sulaimon Brown.
After Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) angered the D.C. Council by proposing legislation in late October that would require background checks for senior government officials, councilmembers moved today on their own version of the legislation that would prevent many of the hiring scandals that have plagued Mayor Vince Gray this year.
