DC councilmember known for pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories is arrested on bribery charge

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A District of Columbia councilmember known for promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories accepted over $150,000 in bribes in exchange for pressuring D.C. employees to extend city contracts for violence intervention services, authorities alleged in court records unsealed Monday.

Trayon White Sr., a Democrat who ran an unsuccessful mayoral campaign in 2022, was arrested Sunday on a federal bribery charge and released from custody after a brief court appearance Monday. His attorney declined to comment on the allegations against him.

White agreed in June to accept roughly $156,000 in kickbacks and cash payments in exchange for pressuring government agency employees to extend two companies’ contracts worth over $5 million, prosecutors said.

Authorities say they have secretly recorded conversations between White and an FBI informant who gave White $35,000 in cash on four occasions between June and August. A photo included in court papers shows White stuffing what the FBI says is an envelope filled with $15,000 in cash in his jacket pocket.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/dc-councilmember-trayon-white-bribery-db31eda0ec3f64922b7459d79332afb9

[Nictuku]

1. If found guilty

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If found guilty in our court system, then he should be spurned by the Democratic Party. We don't need no Corrupt councilmembers who are supposed to be doing The People's Work!

Kind of rare though, most of these kinds of stories are about Republicans.

[GreenWave]

3. DC is a very blue area.

So the odds say he may have been.

[Nictuku]

5. In my humble opinion, that is just wrong

Call me a Pollyanna, but it shouldn't matter what color the district is. I want to see law applied the same across the board.

I just want to see Justice.

[C0RI0LANUS]

2. This young man threw his career and life away.

According to Wiki, Trayvon White thought "the Rothschilds controlled the weather."

Sad.

[4lbs]

4. Something tells me wait 4 years and we'll see what happens

Marion Barry anyone?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Can anyone guess who will get blamed?