{"id":2326783,"date":"2024-08-19T12:31:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-councilman-trayon-white-sr-arrested-on-bribery-charges-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T12:35:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:35:35","slug":"dc-councilman-trayon-white-sr-arrested-on-bribery-charges-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-councilman-trayon-white-sr-arrested-on-bribery-charges-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Councilman Trayon White Sr. arrested on bribery charges &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdc-councilman-trayon-white-sr-arrested-on-bribery-charges-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2326783&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Washington D.C. Councilman Trayon White\u2064 Sr. \u2063was arrested\u200c by FBI agents on bribery \u2062charges outside a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-logs-second-highest-daily-tally-of-covid-cases-amid-prison-church-outbreaks\/\" title=\"South Korea logs second-highest daily tally of COVID cases amid prison, church outbreaks\">high-rise building<\/a> \u200cin Navy Yard. As the chairman of \u2062the council\u2019s Committee on \u200dRecreation, Libraries, and Youth Affairs, he is accused of\u2062 accepting $156,000 in cash in exchange for pushing the Office of Neighborhood Safety and\u2062 Engagement and the\u2063 Department of Youth Rehabilitation \u2062Services to renew contracts worth $5.2 million for violence intervention \u2064services. The cash payments, valued at 3% of the total contracts, were made in four installments between late June and \u2064early August\u2063 2024. The investigation is being managed by several \u2064federal agencies, including the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office and the FBI. \u2062White, who represents a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-household-credit-card-debt-up-13-percent-as-cost-of-living-surges-report\/\" title=\"U.S. Household Credit Card Debt Up 13 Percent as Cost of Living Surges: Report\">lower-income area<\/a> with significant poverty challenges, previously attracted attention for controversial statements regarding Jewish people. In June 2024, he secured his party\u2019s nomination for re-election despite his troubles.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DC Councilman Trayon White Sr. arrested on bribery charges<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1728920\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>On Sunday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FBI<\/a> agents arrested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>District of Columbia<\/a> Councilman Trayon White Sr. outside of a luxury high-rise building in Navy Yard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>White, who is the chairman of the council&rsquo;s Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs, which oversees several agencies, including the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, was arrested on <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bribery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"bribery\">bribery<\/a> charges.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint alleges in June 2024, White agreed to accept $156,000 in cash payments in exchange for pressuring the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement and the DYRS to extend several D.C. contracts valued at $5.2 million. The contracts were for two companies to provide violence intervention services. White was supposed to use his position as the chairman of the committee to ensure the contracts would be renewed. The $156,000 that he accepted was valued to be 3% of the contracts&rsquo; total value.<\/p>\n<p>He received four separate cash payments of $35,000 on June 26, July 17, July 25, and Aug. 9, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This investigation is being handled by the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office for the District of Columbia, the FBI Washington Field Office, the D.C. Office of the Inspector General, and the IRS Criminal Investigation Washington Field Office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because the investigation into the alleged bribery scheme involved contracts that could soon be awarded and other potential official acts that could be taken, our Office took swift steps to address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ark-man-confesses-to-breaching-capitol\/\" title=\"Ark. man confesses to breaching Capitol\">alleged crimes<\/a> we were investigating,&rdquo; U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves said.<\/p>\n<p>The two-term councilman represents Ward 8 in Southeast Washington, where a quarter of residents live below the poverty line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>White made headlines six years ago when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/dc-council-member-who-has-said-jews-control-the-weather-arrested-by-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shared a video<\/a> accusing Jews of having control of the weather.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In June, White won his party&rsquo;s nomination after beating out two Democratic challengers, and with no serious Republican challengers, he was expected to win his seat in November.<\/p>\n<p>White was previously fined $40,000 by the Campaign Finance Office for failing to provide requested documentation to correct discrepancies in how thousands of dollars were reported in both his 2022 mayoral campaign and his 2020 reelection campaign bid.<\/p>\n<p>White lost the primary election in 2022 for mayor and captured less than 9% of the vote. In its investigation into White&rsquo;s haphazard campaign launched on Instagram, the Campaign Finance Office found that $58,000 of White&rsquo;s campaign funds were not properly accounted for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>White appealed the fines associated with his 2020 campaign in May, but the problems with his 2022 mayoral campaign are unresolved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said he was unaware the FBI was investigating White.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department guidelines discourage officials from taking public steps in an investigation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-number-of-front-line-health-care-workers-refusing-covid-19-vaccine\/\" title=\"Shocking Number of Front Line Health Care Workers Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine\">public official<\/a> or a political candidate, such as making arrests and serving subpoenas, if it is within 60 days of an election in an effort to prevent influence. However, White&rsquo;s election is more than 60 days away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1728920\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1728920\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC Councilman Trayon White Sr. was arrested on bribery charges by FBI agents on Sunday evening outside a luxury high-rise in Navy Yard. As the chairman of the council&#8217;s Committee on Recreation, Libraries, and Youth Affairs, which supervises various agencies including the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, White is accused of agreeing to accept $156,000 in cash in June 2024. This payment was allegedly made in exchange for his influence over extending several D.C. contracts worth $5.2 million for two companies providing violence intervention services. The funds he accepted represented 3% of the total contract value and were received through four separate cash payments of $35,000 each between June 26 and August 9, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is being conducted by multiple agencies including the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Columbia and the FBI Washington Field Office. U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves stated that swift action was taken due to potential upcoming contracts related to official acts under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>White represents Ward 8 in Southeast Washington, an area where a significant portion of residents live below the poverty line. He previously made headlines six years ago for controversial remarks about Jewish people controlling weather patterns and recently won his party&#8217;s nomination despite past campaign finance issues that resulted in a $40,000 fine for failing to provide necessary documentation regarding discrepancies from his previous campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson expressed that he was unaware of any ongoing FBI investigation into White at this time; however, Justice Department guidelines typically advise against public actions during investigations close to elections to avoid undue influence\u2014though White&#8217;s election is still more than two months away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2326784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23333855266747.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[38556,38555,5894,38554,32076],"class_list":["post-2326783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bribery-charges","tag-dc-council","tag-politics","tag-trayon-white-sr","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23333855266747.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}