THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND: ‘Come on:’ Democrat DC councilman makes bizarre comment after beating bribery charge in mistrial.
A Washington, D.C., councilman is celebrating a mistrial over allegations that he was involved in a $156,000 bribery scheme.
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said Tuesday that her office will retry Trayon White after a jury said they could not reach a verdict despite deliberating for four days.
White was charged with bribery after prosecutors said they had recordings of his conversations with an informant of the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his receiving cash on four separate occasions.
“We have video showing piles of cash being given to a D.C. councilmember as part of a $156,000 bribe. Rest assured that we will retry this case and every corruption case to verdict,” said Pirro in a statement after the mistrial.
White would not answer when a reporter asked him to explain why he received the money.
“If the $35,000 wasn’t a bribe, what was the money for?” asked the WRC-TV reporter.
“Let’s stick to the topic, man. Come on. You’re smarter than that. I can’t speak to that,” White responded.
“That is the topic,” the reporter pressed.
In case the doesn’t ring a bell: DC councilman who said Rothschilds control weather also said they control government, World Bank.