The relationship between a lawyer representing a D.C. liquor wholesale company and the chairman of the city’s alcohol control board is getting a close look by Mayor Vincent Gray’s office, a source close to that assessment told The Washington Examiner. The mayor’s office is examining accusations reported by The Examiner and made by former D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board member Mital Gandhi that Chairman Charles Brodsky backed a request by Washington Wholesale Liquor Co. to distribute in D.C. alcohol stored in a Maryland warehouse for his personal benefit. Brodsky denies the accusation. Previous requests to store liquor in a Maryland warehouse made by Washington Wholesale had been denied, most recently in a board decision in December that determined it to be illegal. On Jan. 21, though, the company’s new lawyer, Emanuel Mpras, filed a new request with different wording and the board approved it in a 5-2 vote on Jan. 26.

The ongoing assessment has not found any evidence to support Gandhi’s accusations, the source said. Gandhi’s term is up in May, and he wasn’t likely to be reappointed by Gray. Last summer he blasted Gray as being “politically motivated” after the D.C. Council rejected Gandhi’s bid to join the Board of Elections and Ethics.