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A Washington, D.C. committee tasked with investigating bribery allegations towards Town Councilmember Trayon White Sr. voted on Monday to counsel the lawmaker be expelled for allegedly accepting over $150,000 in bribes.
The committee voted unanimously to counsel White be expelled, nearest reviewing a record that discovered “substantial evidence” that the councilman violated the D.C. Code of Habits month in administrative center.
Following the vote, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson exempted a remark concerning the committee’s determination.
“Let’s cut through the legal jargon. Trayon White is accused of taking bribes,” Mendelson stated. “The prosecutors have established probable cause, our own independent investigation found substantial evidence that he took bribes, and public servants are opposed from taking bribes. That is quintessential corruption.
DC Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. speaks at a ribbon cutting ceremony for The Asberry, the first on-site building constructed at Barry FarmHillsdale in Washington, DC on November 21, 2024. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“There is just one treatment: to remove the corruption from our frame,” the councilman later added. “This incident has broken the crowd consider essential for presidency to serve as smartly. Anything else lower than expulsion is not going to rectify the condition.”
Over the summer, White was arrested on a federal bribery charge after being accused of accepting over $150,000 from an associate in exchange for extending violence interruption contracts.
In response to the allegations, the ad hoc committee of the council commissioned an independent investigation, which was conducted by the law firm Latham and Watkins LLP.
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D.C. Councilman Trayon White Sr. departs the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse on September 12, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The report was provided to the council last week, and it included an in-depth analysis along with 29 supporting exhibits, FOX 5 in DC reported.
After reviewing documents, interviews, emails and texts, investigators found “considerable proof that Councilmember White violated Council Regulations and a number of other provisions of the Code of Professional Habits.”
The investigators particularly stated White permitted money from industry homeowners in alternate for agreeing to fulfill with and affect govt officers who approve their promises, the station reported.
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Photo of Trayon White Sr. from court documents allegedly shows him putting an envelope containing the $10,000 payment into his jacket pocket. (U.S. Department of Justice)
The report also claimed White had a ledger detailing the profits he intended to earn, including a kickback of 3% of the grants he helped renew.
Mendelson and White did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.
The station reported that White spoke before the meeting on Monday, saying, “I do wish to say that there was negative unclouded proof of no person in a lot of these interviews announcing that I attempted to take hold of them. And so, I’m assured to that.”
The council needed a five-sixths vote to adopt a resolution of expulsion, which is the most severe punishment available. A proceeding on the expulsion is to be held within 45 days, during which time White will be able to defend himself.
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White’s federal bribery charge trial is at the calendar to start out in January 2026. He faces as much as 15 years in jail if convicted.
Fox Information Virtual’s Greg Norman contributed to this record.