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===Corruption===

===Corruption===

[[File:Norton Mitchell BHAZ LGBT.png|left|300px|thumb|Democrat D.C. Rep. [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]] and [[MSNBC]]'s [[Andrea Mitchell]] were physically assaulted by a semi-nude [[LGBT]] activist during a live interview in Washington's [[Black Lives Matter]] Plaza. After voting to [[Defund the Police]], Norton's first words were, "Where's the police?"<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/06/23/andrea_mitchell_nearly_attacked_in_dc_black_house_autonomous_zone_wheres_the_police.html</ref>  Mainstream [[fake news]] media filmed the whole incident but imposed a blackout.]]

[[File:Norton Mitchell BHAZ LGBT.png|left|300px|thumb|D.C. Rep. [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]] and [[MSNBC]]'s [[Andrea Mitchell]] were physically assaulted by a semi-nude [[LGBT]] activist during a live interview in Washington's [[Black Lives Matter]] Plaza after Democrats voted to [[Defund the Police]].  Norton's first words were, "Where's the police?"<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/06/23/andrea_mitchell_nearly_attacked_in_dc_black_house_autonomous_zone_wheres_the_police.html</ref>  Mainstream [[fake news]] media filmed the whole incident but imposed a blackout.]]

The 2010 election was hotly contested and resulted in a number of convictions.  Incumbent mayor [[Adrian Fenty]] lost the Democratic primary to [[Vincent C. Gray]].  However, his primary effort was assisted by a minor candidate Sulaimon Brown, who Gray paid to stay in the primary race and appointed to a position in his administration.  When this became public, Gray fired Brown and the resulting investigation led to campaign staff being convicted. On Tuesday, July 10, 2010, Jeanne Clarke Harris, plead guilty to laundering campaign contributions from city contractor Jeffery E. Thompson through friends into the Gray campaign.  The effort involved $653,000 in improperly reported donations. U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr said that the 2010 mayor's race was "compromised by backroom deals, secret payments and a flood of unreported cash."<ref name=wp711>{{cite news|title=Gray's victory called tainted|author=Mike DeBonis and Nikita Stewart|date=July 11, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> Harris said that Thompson sought to hide his campaign contributions to Gray to avoid angering the Fenty administration that had awarded large contract to Thompson's firms.<ref name=wp711/>  Howard Brooks and Thomas W. Gore have previously plead guilty to charges surrounding the forwarding of Gray campaign cash to Brown.<ref name=wp711/>

The 2010 election was hotly contested and resulted in a number of convictions.  Incumbent mayor [[Adrian Fenty]] lost the Democratic primary to [[Vincent C. Gray]].  However, his primary effort was assisted by a minor candidate Sulaimon Brown, who Gray paid to stay in the primary race and appointed to a position in his administration.  When this became public, Gray fired Brown and the resulting investigation led to campaign staff being convicted. On Tuesday, July 10, 2010, Jeanne Clarke Harris, plead guilty to laundering campaign contributions from city contractor Jeffery E. Thompson through friends into the Gray campaign.  The effort involved $653,000 in improperly reported donations. U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr said that the 2010 mayor's race was "compromised by backroom deals, secret payments and a flood of unreported cash."<ref name=wp711>{{cite news|title=Gray's victory called tainted|author=Mike DeBonis and Nikita Stewart|date=July 11, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> Harris said that Thompson sought to hide his campaign contributions to Gray to avoid angering the Fenty administration that had awarded large contract to Thompson's firms.<ref name=wp711/>  Howard Brooks and Thomas W. Gore have previously plead guilty to charges surrounding the forwarding of Gray campaign cash to Brown.<ref name=wp711/>