Janeese Lewis George

We're gonna get into that.

We're also talking about the likely next mayor, Janeese Lewis George, and one of her biggest campaign promises, which was building out more affordable housing.

It's a great slogan, no doubt, but as with all great stump speeches, the rubber is about to hit the road.

She released this week on social media some new details about how she'd like the city to proceed.

And because the DC Council did all of this, the person who led the fight, let's be clear, Rick, lost his seat and his race for mayor.

And the person who won for mayor in Washington, DC is Janeese Lewis George, who was the champion of this issue for the last many, many years and who always said, "This is good for the district and should not be paused." So not only was all of this a lie, and I, I, honestly, I feel very proud to be attacked and criticized by the right-wing billionaire-led Washington Post.

Let's be clear who owns and controls the Washington Post.

Jeff Bezos.

Hey, look, um, now the Trayon White case, check this out.

Um, DC Councilman Trayon White asked a judge to dismiss his federal bribery case after the mistrial last month, while a $16,000 fine against DC Mayor candidate Janeese Lewis George was tossed out by the Board of Elections.

So it's like dueling court cases, you see.

Um, so, uh, his federal corruption trial, I'm talking about Trayon, uh, ended in the mistrial after the 12-person jury deadlocked following multiple days of deliberations.

We've got other fish to fry." But, uh, uh, this is a, a high-profile case, so she's gonna stay with it.

Oh.

So meanwhile, then, the DC Board of Elections completely overturned and vacated a $16,000 fine that had been levied against the campaign of mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George.

And, and just four days before the Democratic mayoral primary, the DC Office of Campaign Finance issued that fine and penalty against Lewis George's campaign, and they allege that the campaign had improperly coordinated with labor unions and an independent political action committee.

We're gonna get into that.

Meanwhile, DC's Board of Elections threw out a $16,000 fine against the likely next mayor, Janeese Lewis George.

Her primary campaign was accused of improperly collaborating with labor unions.

The accusation and the fine came down just days before the election.

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Maybe the biggest political news this week involves something that happened in June, which is that, uh, a fine for a campaign finance violation levied on Janeese Lewis George, who at that time was ahead in the Democratic primary.

It was days before the primary.

You see a lot of the same council members doing it over and over again.

The, [laughs] the difference this time is that, um, the person who's gonna be the next mayor is doing it, uh, which happens a little less frequently.

I've been begging people to please narc if they see any of these electeds, uh, uh, in a car of any sort this week because, you know, it's one thing to ride the bus in the morning to work with reporters and supporters, but when you're heading out at night to a fundraiser, you know, this is not necessarily even now a city that's 100% built for that.

[laughs] Yeah, that's right.

... are at the Wilson Building, especially on, uh, the day when they're meeting.

Speaking of all this, uh, we...

I did have a point, which is that you rode the D44 bus, uh, from Petworth to the Wilson Building with, uh, Ward 4 Council Member Janeese Lewis George, who's better known to, uh, the city now as presumptive mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George, and she was not alone.

You were there, but so were a bunch of pro-transit organizers, too.

Let the case be investigated.

But now it's turning into a political situation where the mayor, uh, the governor of New York has appointed, uh, Letitia James, the attorney general, to investigate this.

And the AG is the same hyper-rabid, venomous woman who went after Donald Trump and made up stories about him, made up valuations, made...

You know, went after the guy in a very bogo- in my opinion, a very bogus way to try to, uh, label him as a felon, get that felon label put on him, which backfired.

I don't, I don't think he's running as a Republican, but he's an interesting guy, and you gotta be crazy to be running for city council in Washington, DC.

Uh, I hate to say it, especially if you're white, I think it's pretty difficult to, uh, get elected, and I think it's pretty difficult to navigate, uh, the corruption that is government in Washington.

And you're about to have a socialist mayor in the nation's capital.

I mean, I, I don't know if everybody's paying attention to that.

And some people are suggesting to the chairman, although he doesn't like to call a vote unless he knows what it's going to be, should in fact call a vote to censure or reprimand or, or expel Trayon White again and have the council members stand up for the city's ethics laws.

Now, significantly, J- Janice Lewis George, I asked her last Friday, her staff What does she say about the mistrial and the prospects for another trial? And what should the council do since she's still on it? And Janeese Lewis George hasn't said anything.

Zero.

Phil Mendelson, the council chairman, says he thinks he should be tried again.