Barry blames prosecutors for slow Gray probe

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D.C. Councilman Marion Barry said Thursday that the 18-month-old federal investigation into Mayor Vincent Gray’s 2010 campaign is holding the city “hostage.”

Barry, the city’s longest-serving mayor who now represents Ward 8 on the D.C. Council, faulted prosecutors for the lengthy nature of their probe, which is ongoing and has already netted three guilty pleas.

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