DC municipal councilor faces corruption accusations explodes Trump Federal Takeover

The federal control of President Donald Trump of Washington, the DC’s law enforcement, is faced with a source of the rise in eyebrows: a DC municipal councilor who faces accusations of management of a corruption program outside his office.

Friday, Trayon White, 41, was sworn in to the municipal council, after being elected to the post despite an upcoming trial on the federal corruption accusations in 2026. Questions on Trump’s takeover of Trump of Trump argued that DC leaders are already “responsible” and that a federal takeover would only make the city “city”.

“I think we have one of the strongest budgets in all cities for 20 years. We are financially. We have an AAA liaison rating. We have shown that we can be responsible for our funds. We do not need federal interference. In fact, they have not changed DC in Washington and the progress we have made in the last four decades.”

The DC council voted to expel White in February when its corruption charges were starting to play. He nevertheless won his headquarters in July, based on his campaign around the assertions that the FBI had targeted him unjustly. He said last week that the federal agency was about to “kill” it.

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The member of the DC council, Trayon White, falsified the repression of Trump’s crime to DC when he was facing a trial. (Astrid Riecken for the Washington Post via Getty Images)

“You know that the FBI is after me, you know, but I think you know, not only stopped, but you know, but I think they want to kill me,” White told journalists on Friday.

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The FBI arrested White in August 2024 after being accused by the federal authorities of having agreed to accept $ 156,000 in bribes. His trial should start in January 2026. White denied any reprehensible and pleads not guilty in the federal case, despite the apparent video of him which pockets cash envelopes.

District of Columbia Council Elected Member White, center, pumps his fist when he arrives at his special electoral surveillance evening in district 8, Tuesday July 15, 2025, in Washington, DC (AP photo / Julia Demaoree Nikhinson)

A Declaration of the Ministry of Justice From August 2024, he alleged that White agreed to accept the bribes in exchange for “the use of its official position to put pressure on the renewal” of contracts worth $ 5.2 million.

Trump announced on Monday that his administration federated the Metropolitan Police Department and deployed 800 national guards in the city in order to fight crime and homelessness. Washington’s American lawyer, DC, Jeanine Pirro blame a large part of the problem on “young punks” who consider themselves untouchable by law.

DC Council expelled Tlayon White after an accusation of federal corruption

The alleged corruption program focused on violence prevention programs, the whites that allegedly put pressure on employees of the neighborhood security and commitment office (ONSE) and the Rehabilitation Services Department (DYRS)) for re-instructing certain contracts.

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White was authorized to come to the special elections because he had not been found guilty of a crime.

“So we sent a loud and clear message to the DC municipal council that Trayon White is there to stay,” White said in his victory speech, according to The Associated Press. The point of sale added that the troubled member of the troubled council and formerly told the story of his return to his functions as resilience and redemption.