D.C. CFO defends against accusations

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The District’s embattled top financial officer answered questions from lawmakers Wednesday about accusations that mismanagement within his agency had cost taxpayers millions of dollars in tax assessments.

Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi, who was reappointed this summer to another five-year term, told a D.C. Council committee that media reports stating his office failed to collect more than $40 million in property tax revenue this year were “absolutely false.”

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