JAW-DROPPING: Voters return ousted DC politician to office despite bribery charge

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From Fox News: A recently expelled D.C. Council member has won the seat from which he was removed five months ago after being charged with accepting cash bribes.

Trayon White is set to reclaim the seat he vacated back in February when members of the D.C. Council voted unanimously to remove him from the position, a first in the city’s history.

In August 2024, the FBI arrested White after he was accused by federal authorities of agreeing to accept $156,000 in bribes. His trial is scheduled to begin in January 2026. White denies any wrongdoing and is pleading not guilty in the federal case, despite apparent video of him pocketing allegedly cash-stuffed envelopes.

A Justice Department statement from August 2024 alleges that White agreed to accept the bribes in exchange for “using his official position to pressure renewal” of contracts valued at $5.2 million.

Despite being charged, since White has not yet been convicted of a felony, he was allowed to run in the special election, and voters have now re-elected him right back to his old position.

Adding insult to injury, White won the special election with less than 30% of the vote, since voters were split among four different candidates.  So he’s back in office, despite being rejected by over 70% of the vote.

Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) reacted to the news, writing, “Only in DC can a politician get kicked off the city council for taking bribes and then reelected before facing trial. The inmates are running the asylum. And people wonder why crime keeps getting worse.”

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