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Adrian Fenty

Adrian Malik Fenty (born December 6, 1970) was the sixth, and at age 36, the youngest, mayor of the District of Columbia.

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Ex-campaign aide to DC mayor pleads guilty to funneling campaign funds to another candidate

In a case that revealed underhanded tactics used to get Vincent Gray elected mayor of Washington, a former Gray campaign aide pleaded guilty Tuesday to funneling campaign funds to another mayoral candidate and shredding records of the transactions.

Thomas Gore admitted in U.S. District Court that he converted excessive or unattributed cash contributions to Gray's 2010 campaign into money orders that were then filled out by another party and given to Sulaimon Brown, a minor candidate. The payments were intended to keep Brown in the race so that he could continue making negative comments about then-mayor Adrian Fenty as he sought reelection, Gore acknowledged.The 56-year-old Gore, a longtime friend of Gray's and the acting treasurer for the campaign, also admitted that he lied to the FBI about having shredded a spiral notebook in which he kept records of the payments to Brown. He further revealed that he was caught in the lie when confronted with wiretap evidence.Brown has long maintained...

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  1. Ex DC school chief takes reform message nationwide

    Looking back, Michelle Rhee says there are a few things she didn't do successfully during her three years as chancellor of the District of Columbia public schools.On...

  2. After 2 bikes are stolen from DC mayor's home, mayor accepts blame for leaving the garage open

    WASHINGTON (AP) — After two bikes were stolen from the Washington, D.C., mayor's home, a police officer was reportedly investigated for neglect of duty, but the mayo...

  3. Outgoing D.C. Mayor Diverts Job Training Money to Pay Appointees' Severance

    WASHINGTON -- Two D.C. Council members say Mayor Adrian Fenty has redirected $495,000 from a job training program to cover separation pay for his political appointee...

  4. Grade not yet final on meaning of departure of Michelle Rhee as DC schools chancellor

    Michelle Rhee became a public face of education reform during her tenure as head of the District of Columbia's schools, but she found out that reform isn't always po...

  5. D.C.'s Highest Court Affirms Gay Marriage Law

    WASHINGTON -- D.C.'s highest court has ruled against opponents of the city's same sex-marriage law, saying they cannot ask voters to overturn it.Opponents had wanted...

  6. Tea Party Takes On GOP Establishment in Last Primaries Before November

    WASHINGTON -- Tuesday's primaries in seven states and the nation's capital, the last big hurrah of the primary season, offer another series of establishment vs. outs...

  7. Republican Establishment Confronts Challenge From Tea Party in Primaries

    WASHINGTON -- The Republican establishment confronts a final round of challenges from Tea Party activists Tuesday in Delaware, New Hampshire and New York, the end of...

  8. Court's Gun Decision An Important Win for Americans Who Want to Defend Themselves

    With another closely decided 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled today that state governments are not able to ban most Americans from owning most types of handg...

  9. Political Candidates Hope to Turn Facebook Friends Into Ballot Buddies

    Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has 318,000 more Facebook fans than her Democratic opponent, Terry Goddard, and she's got a wide lead in the polls to boot.Rep. Michele Bachm...

  10. Tea Party-Backed O'Donnell Upsets Castle in Delaware GOP Race

    Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell, a perennial candidate with no government experience, soundly defeated veteran politician Mike Castle for the Republican Senat...

  11. Female high school football coach Natalie Randolph loses debut leading DC's Coolidge

    coach football.After months in the media spotlight, Randolph made her debut Friday night leading the Colts of Coolidge Senior High School. She is believed to be the ...

  12. Inauguration Insider: An Instant Moment in History

    2:57 p.m. ET One of the classic challenges facing any new president is whether he can capitalize on the so-called honeymoon -- that period of 100 days, 180 days or h...

  1. 2nd campaign aide to DC Mayor Vincent Gray pleads guilty as probe of 2010 election continues

    For the second time in three days, a former campaign staffer to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has pleaded guilty to a federal offense arising from Gray's 2...

  2. 2nd former aide charged in federal investigation of DC Mayor Gray's 2010 election campaign

    A second former aide to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was charged Wednesday with a federal offense arising from Gray's 2010 campaign and intends to plead g...

  3. Campaign aide to DC mayor reaches plea deal on making straw donations, destroying evidence

    An assistant treasurer for the 2010 campaign of the District of Columbia mayor has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors on charges of making straw donations ...

  4. Democratic D.C. Mayor Fenty Wins GOP Primary as Write-In

    WASHINGTON -- Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty lost the Democratic primary, but the city's Republicans want him as their candidate. The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethi...

  5. 'Deadliest Accident'

    D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty gives update on deadly train collision

  6. Media Silence Is Deafening About Important Gun News

    Murder and violent crime rates were supposed to soar after the Supreme Court struck down gun control laws in Chicago and Washington, D.C. Politicians predicted disas...

  7. D.C. City Scandals Evoke Fears of Return to Marion Barry Era

    With Washington, D.C.'s local government staggering under the weight of one scandal after the next, fears are growing that the nation's capital has returned to the p...

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