The D.C. Council investigation into Councilmember Trayon White will cost taxpayers $400,000, with members voting today to reorganize the committee he is chairman of. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

White did not show up in person for Monday’s Council hearing but did participate in the Council’s breakfast meeting and hearing virtually.

The D.C. Council will vote to effectively take away Council member Trayon White’s committee chairmanship when it returns from summer break Tuesday. Ward 8 Council member White pleaded not guilty last week to taking a bribe to help steer government contracts. Now, the D.C. Council will vote on reorganizing the Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs – splitting...

The D.C. Council will vote to effectively take away Council member Trayon White’s committee chairmanship when it returns from summer break Tuesday. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

The D.C. Council member refused to take a plea deal, prosecutors said.

White, who represents Ward 8, is accused of agreeing to accept $156,000 in exchange for using his position to pressure employees of the D.C. Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE) and the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) to extend several contracts, prosecutors said. He’s chair of a D.C. Council committee that oversees several agencies, including...

White, who represents Ward 8, is accused of agreeing to accept $156,000 in exchange for using his position to pressure employees of the D.C. Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE) and the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) to extend several contracts, prosecutors said. He’s chair of a D.C. Council committee that oversees several agencies, including...

Following D.C. Council member Trayon White’s bribery arrest earlier this month, the D.C. government has launched a wide-ranging review of violence interruption work. An affidavit released after White’s arrest alleges the D.C. Council member took bribes to influence violence interruption contracts within D.C.’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. White has not been indicted, nor commented on the allegations,...

Ward 8 residents discuss the area’s political future following the arrest of Councilmember Trayon White. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. 

A week after the arrest of D.C. Council member Trayon White, a town hall was held in Ward 8 to consider the future. Also on The News4 Rundown: A former Prince George’s County Council member pleaded guilty to stealing from his campaign funds, and bond was denied for a Prince William County man in the case of his wife’s...