Sulaimon Brown pleads not guilty

Former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown pleaded not guilty Tuesday and has requested a trial in D.C. court on his charge of driving with out a valid license. A failure to obey charging that stemmed from his arrest in September was dropped, according to the Associated Press.

Brown is a key figure in the investigation into Mayor Vincent Gray’s 2010 campaign. Brown says members of Gray’s mayoral campaign gave him cash-stuffed envelopes and money orders so he would stay in the race and keep up his verbal assault on then-Mayor Adrian Fenty.