DC Politi­co Caught Tak­ing Envelopes Of Cash On Cam­era Gets Off With Mis­tri­al

D.C. Coun­cil­man Tray­on White Sr. will get anoth­er day in court after a fed­er­al jury failed to reach a ver­dict in his bribery case, despite pros­e­cu­tors pre­sent­ing secret­ly record­ed video show­ing the politi­cian accept­ing envelopes of cash from an FBI infor­mant.
U.S. Dis­trict Judge Rudolph Con­tr­eras declared a mis­tri­al Mon­day morn­ing after jurors spent more than three days delib­er­at­ing and ulti­mate­ly told the court that fur­ther dis­cus­sions had only “cement­ed” their views.
White, a Demo­c­rat who rep­re­sents Ward 8, remains under indict­ment. D.C. U.S. Attor­ney Jea­nine Pir­ro said p …