A business associate of Jeffrey Thompson, the city contractor and political donor who is the subject of a sprawling corruption investigation, has been charged with breaking federal campaign finance laws.

In a court filing released Thursday, federal prosecutors charged Lee Calhoun, who worked for Thompson’s D.C. accounting firm, with aiding and abetting contributions in the name of another person.

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