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Washington, D.C. Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton testifies during the House Oversight and Accountability Committee's hearing about Congressional oversight of Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. A spat is brewing between the D.C. Police Union and one of the District’s violence interruption organizations after the union called to shut down peacekeeping programs in light of how they’re implicated in D.C. Council member Trayon White’s federal bribery case. Pemberton said the council should end all funding and operations for the “unproven” and “shady” anti-violence groups in the city. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

D.C. police union, anti-violence group at odds over funding amid Trayon White’s bribery case

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

This FBI surveillance photo included in court documents purportedly shows D.C. Council member Trayon White accepting a bribe payment from an undercover informant.

D.C. Council member Trayon White pleads not guilty in federal bribery case

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

In this July 6, 2009, photo, former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry attends a news conference in Washington. Barry, who staged comeback after a 1990 crack cocaine arrest, died early Sunday morning Nov. 23, 2014. He was 78. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

White’s case latest black eye for D.C. City Hall; Mayor Barry’s drug raid tops all

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Councilman Trayon White, Sr., center, walks out of the federal courthouse after his initial appearance, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024 in Washington. White was arrested on a federal bribery charge by the FBI on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman)

Council staff to keep ‘serving the public’ despite boss’s felony bribery charge

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

This FBI surveillance photo included in court documents purportedly shows D.C. Council member Trayon White accepting a bribe payment from an undercover informant.

D.C. Council member Trayon White charged with bribery in federal court

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

D.C. Council member Trayon White, Ward 8 Democrat, was taken into custody around 2 p.m. near the Yards Park in Southeast, according to the Washington City Paper. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

D.C. Council member arrested by FBI

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Public safety legislation unveiled Wednesday by local lawmakers in the nation’s capital is aimed at bringing down spiraling violent crimes rates that have stoked public anxiety and prompted congressional scrutiny. Bowser expressed her support for the bill, which incorporates several elements of previous proposals endorsed by the mayor's office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser calls for tax hikes, social cuts in fiscal 2025 budget

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Public safety legislation unveiled Wednesday by local lawmakers in the nation’s capital is aimed at bringing down spiraling violent crimes rates that have stoked public anxiety and prompted congressional scrutiny. Bowser expressed her support for the bill, which incorporates several elements of previous proposals endorsed by the mayor's office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

D.C. braces for funding crisis as the downtown area struggles financially

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police vehicles hold on the perimeter of the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

D.C. Council passes bill to crack down on crime, toughens carjacking, gun penalties

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Public safety legislation unveiled Wednesday by local lawmakers in the nation’s capital is aimed at bringing down spiraling violent crimes rates that have stoked public anxiety and prompted congressional scrutiny. Bowser expressed her support for the bill, which incorporates several elements of previous proposals endorsed by the mayor's office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Business trade groups demand ‘immediate action’ by D.C. officials to halt violent crime

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney for the District of Colombia Matthew Graves speaks about the unfolding of the January 6 attack on the Capitol during a presentation ahead of this year's third anniversary in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Adding ex-con to city’s prison guidelines panel draws pushback

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

D.C. Metropolitan Police lights on K Street NW in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Anti-police activists cheer crime bill as D.C. leaders blink

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and Capitol after reports of a suspicious vehicle in which two men and a woman were detained with guns, in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. The head of the D.C. Council said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. But it's unclear if the action will prevent the vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

D.C. judges get more leeway to hold violent suspects without bail in proposed anti-crime package

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A soldier from the District of Columbia National Guard watches as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, June 3, 2020, near the White House in Washington. U.S. officials say the Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D.C. The goal is to address problems highlighted by the chaotic response to the Jan. 6 riot and safety breaches during the 2020 protests over the murder of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

D.C. mayor noncommittal on proposal to call up National Guard to curb crime

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Park Police Chief Pamela Smith discusses preparations for the upcoming 2022 State of the Union Address during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Pamela Smith, first Black female D.C. police chief, takes over amid crime crisis

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and Capitol after reports of a suspicious vehicle in which two men and a woman were detained with guns, in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. The head of the D.C. Council said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. But it's unclear if the action will prevent the vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Emergency bill gives judges leeway to jail suspects before trial amid spike in D.C. crime

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and U.S. Capitol in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. The Republican-led House is set to approve a resolution Wednesday, April 19, 2023, that would block a District of Columbia police accountability bill, further escalating the feud over the right to self-government in the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House passes bill rejecting D.C. police overhaul in second rebuke of city government

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Food Truck on wheels in night street. File photo credit alexfan32 via Shutterstock.

D.C. Council approves long-sought overhaul of street vendor laws

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a Nowruz celebration in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden signs measure nullifying D.C. criminal code overhaul

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Schumer criticized House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News' Tucker Carlson, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The conservative commentator is working to reverse the narrative of the attack that had played out for the world to see into one more favorable to Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

33 Senate Democrats join Republicans in major bipartisan rejection of D.C. criminal code overhaul

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times