“I have never seen Vincent [Orange] do anything illegal,” a D.C. Council member told me during a chat about how the campaign finance controversy might effect the April 3 Democratic Primary and the at-large legislator’s re-election bid.
Orange has become ensnared in Vincent C. Gray’s 2010 campaign scandal. It began when Sulaimon Brown, a minor candidate in that race, alleged he was paid cash and promised a job by Gray to trash the incumbent. Brown said payments were made via money orders. Those allegations prompted a federal investigation in 2011.
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