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On Day 3 of the Trayon White trial, defense questions FBI informant and his credibility
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On the third day of Ward 8 D.C. Council member Trayon White’s federal bribery trial, much of the testimony came down to one big question: Could jurors believe Allieu Kamara?
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Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday morning in the federal bribery trial of D.C. Councilmember Trayon White. White is accused of accepting $35,000 in bribes in 2024 in exchange for using his council position to influence D.C. government contracts.
The federal bribery trial of Ward 8 Council member Trayon White is set to get underway this week, in a case that has had ripple effects on the D.C. Council.
Ward 8 council member Trayon White in federal court Friday. Opening statements in his bribery trial could begin as early as this week. (Dana Verkouteren via AP) Good morning. This is The Washington Sun Metro newsletter for Sept. 14, 2026.
File photo: Trayon White addresses his supporters at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center in South East after being sworn in as the Ward 8 DC Council Member in Washington DC on August 8th 9,2025. (Photo by Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Opening statements begin Tuesday in the federal bribery trial of D.C. Councilmember Trayon White. White is accused of accepting $35,000 in cash in exchange for using his office to help a government contractor.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bribery trial starts this week for a Washington, D.C., Council member accused of accepting cash from an associate in exchange for using his elected position to help extend city contracts for the associate’s businesses.
Trayon White Sr. faces one count of bribery for accepting approximately $156,000 in kickback payments and faces up to 15 years in prison and removal from office if a jury convicts him.
Day one of the federal trial of Ward 8 D.C. Council member Trayon White, a crowded courtroom heard opening statements from prosecutors and defense attorneys asking jurors to decide: Did White accept bribes or not? It also revealed a bombshell: the associate was White’s brother-in-law and was working…
An FBI informant who was recorded giving cash to D.C. Councilman Trayon White took the stand again Thursday on the third day of White’s federal bribery trial.
On the third day of Ward 8 D.C. Council member Trayon White’s federal bribery trial, much of the testimony came down to one big question: Could jurors believe Allieu Kamara?
In the fourth day of testimony in the federal bribery trial of D.C. Councilmember Trayon White, prosecutors went over what they called a “bribery contract” and showed video of what they say was the first time an FBI informant gave him cash.
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