Prosecutors, defense make final arguments before jury deliberates in DC council member’s federal bribery trial
Final arguments concluded in the federal bribery trial of D.C. Council member Trayon White. Prosecutors claim White accepted $35,000 in cash to assist a businessman in securing city contracts. The jury is now set to begin deliberations after hearing several days of testimony.
Jurors heard several days of testimony in which prosecutors tried to prove that Trayon White accepted $35,000 in cash stuffed into envelopes in return for helping a businessman secure D.C. contracts.
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