D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown says he’s looking forward to the “closure” he believes is represented by a complaint filed by the Distict’s office of campaign finance.
The complaint, which was made public on Monday, raises serious questions about the way funds were handled in Brown’s 2008 at-large council campaign. It also asks the board of elections to determine if any laws were “willfully” broken by the campaign and if so, refer it to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
On Monday, Brown ducked out of a council hearing on an ethics bill before reporters could ask questions about the complaint. But he answered questions on the complaint Tuesday evening after the council approved the city’s budget.
“It’s close to a four-year-old campaign,” Brown said. “We’ve come one step closer to closure.”
He stuck by that when pressed.
“I’m looking forward to closing a close to four-year-old campaign,” he said. “We’re one step closer to closure. I’m looking forward to closure.”
And so on.
