Trayon White
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Oct 16, 2026
Tom SherwoodHOST
We're almost out of time.
Tom SherwoodHOST
I gotta ask you about Council Member Trayon White.
Tom SherwoodHOST
He's still facing bribery charges.
Tom SherwoodHOST
The, uh, federal jury couldn't, mistrial.
Tom SherwoodHOST
Prosecutor says she's gonna try him again, same bribery charges.
Tom SherwoodHOST
However, during this court case, he admitted that he took $35,000, and it appears to be a violation of council rules and ethics.
Tom SherwoodHOST
I know there are private conversations within council members about whether you guys should take new action against Trayon White, not necessarily expelling, but censure him, reprimand him, and not give him a committee again.
Tom SherwoodHOST
Where does that stand in your general discussions with other council members? What will you do, if anything, about Trayon White remaining on the council, if anything?
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Michael SchafferHOST
Today on City Cast DC, on the heels of the Trayon White mistrial, House Republicans are investigating two DC activist groups, alleging that those two groups are advocating for the practice of jury nullification.
Michael SchafferHOST
We're gonna get into that.
Michael SchafferHOST
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.
KevinHOST
The, uh, which is subject to change, okay? So I'm no meteorologist, so make sure you, uh, keep your eyes on the weather.
KevinHOST
Hey, look, um, now the Trayon White case, check this out.
KevinHOST
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.
KevinHOST
So it's like dueling court cases, you see.
KevinHOST
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.
Ben BraschPANELIST
It was Robert White voting no because he felt that there were too many traffic tickets that people were having to pay.
Ben BraschPANELIST
And we also had Council Member Trayon White who said, "I've been working on ticket amnesty for years, um, and anything that gets to this, um, you know, reducing the amount of money people pay, I'm all for it."
Michael SchafferHOST
And I also got the sense that, like, this is gonna be back.
Michael SchafferHOST
You know, I know Robert White is going to Congress, but, uh, even Mendelson was talking about how much people hate the traffic cameras.
Jerusalem DemsasHOST
But also, like, the law has changed in ways that are, like, insane.
Jerusalem DemsasHOST
So Trayon White, who is, this is a very, like, local DC thing, Jordan, so forgive me.
Jerusalem DemsasHOST
Um, but, like, Trayon White was a council member, and he was charged with, like, taking a $35,000 bribe.
Jerusalem DemsasHOST
And the guy's, like, on camera.
Jerusalem DemsasHOST
Like, everyone knows he took the money.
Tom SherwoodHOST
And I'm Tom Sherwood.
Cuneyt DilHOST
This week we're talking about Trayon White's bribery trial fallout, and we're also gonna talk about drama at the RFK Stadium site as that project moves forward.
Cuneyt DilHOST
Plus, there's a big spa project on the banks of the Anacostia River that some people are rolling their eyes at.
Cuneyt DilHOST
We're gonna get into all that.
Cuneyt DilHOST
What else did you see?
Tom SherwoodHOST
Well, the main thing was Anacostia Coordinating, uh, Committee Council has been very active on all kinds of issues.
Tom SherwoodHOST
And I went on this boat with not one person mentioned Trayon White-
Cuneyt DilHOST
Yeah, yeah
Josh BarroHOST
We also talk about Candace Owens, who faces yet another defamation lawsuit.
Josh BarroHOST
D.C. City Councilman Trayon White, whose trial for accepting a $35,000 cash bribe ended in a mistrial.
Josh BarroHOST
Good job, Trayon.
Josh BarroHOST
And then finally, an update on the Kirsten Sinema alienation of affection case.
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Francesco DeSantisCORRESPONDENT
Turning to local news, the first corruption trial for D.C. Councilmember Trayon White has ended in a mistrial, according to WTOP.
Francesco DeSantisCORRESPONDENT
White represents Ward 8, Washington's most heavily African-American and historically most impoverished district.
Francesco DeSantisCORRESPONDENT
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro said in a statement that we have video showing piles of cash being given to a D.C. council member as part of a $156,000 bribe.
Tom SherwoodHOST
About 69,000 people in principally Ward 7 and 8 will be getting some kind of refund on their prime membership, I believe.
Kojo NnamdiHOST
A judge this week declared a mistrial in the federal bribery case against Ward 8 D.C. Councilmember Trayon White.
Kojo NnamdiHOST
What was your initial reaction to that outcome, Mr. Chairman?
Phil MendelsonGUEST
Well, I really question what's going on here because I just think it's inappropriate for an elected official to accept an envelope with $35,000 in cash in it.
Phil MendelsonGUEST
context of discussions about contracts.
Kojo NnamdiHOST
Among those remaining questions are what will happen to White on the D.C. council.
Kojo NnamdiHOST
We got an email from Jim who says there needs to be a public vote on the expulsion of council member Trayon White.
Kojo NnamdiHOST
No more secretive meetings that aren't open to the public.
Marc FisherPANELIST
It was the case of Virginia Governor Robert McDonald, and he and his wife got in big trouble because they were taking gifts from someone who wanted to do business with the state of Virginia, wanted the state to publicize their products.
Marc FisherPANELIST
And it was very similar to the Trayon White case in that there was clear evidence that McDonald's had taken favors from this guy.
Marc FisherPANELIST
But there was not hard and fast evidence that they had changed, that the governor had changed state policy or done anything that actually fulfilled the bribery offer.
Marc FisherPANELIST
And so the Supreme Court said you have to have both pieces of that equation.
Marc FisherPANELIST
And I think that weighed heavily on both the instructions that were given to the jury in the Treon White case and the actual deliberations of the jury.
Marc FisherPANELIST
Their questions to the judge very much indicated that that was front of mind for them.
Marc FisherPANELIST
So my question now is, and maybe Emma knows the answer to this, if the government does go out for a second trial against Trayon White, are they bound by the deals they made for the first trial? Because I thought that the government's case was hampered by the deal that they made, which was...
Marc FisherPANELIST
Trayvon White's lawyers would not contest the fact that the council member pocketed $35,000 in cash in exchange for the government not bringing up his huge gambling debts.
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