Before former D.C. Councilman Harry Thomas Jr. pleaded guilty on Friday and prosecutors outlined his offenses, there was some hope among Thomas’ former colleagues and certainly his constituents that the Ward 5 councilman had somehow been misled. That he had just taken some bad advice and made some mistakes.

But the table below, found in the charging document that details his theft, shattered that belief for many.

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