Mayor Vincent C. Gray sent Judy Banks to the D.C. Department of Human Resources to serve as interim director and ensure his people were put on the payroll posthaste. That’s what she did, according to government sources, who said she forced workers to violate rules — sometimes threatening them when they resisted her orders. “She treated people like they were a bunch of bumbling fools,” said one source, who, like others, requested anonymity. “[The administration] was focused on settling scores and hiring people. When she was told there was a problem, she said ‘Do it or get fired.’ ”

Banks, who has returned to her job at the Washington Convention Center, didn’t respond to my request for comment.

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