Scandals, scrutiny mount on Gray administration

Several top-ranking D.C. political appointees are being paid at a rate that would violate District law, it was revealed Thursday, yet another controversy in the scandal-marred first two months of D.C. Mayor Vince Gray’s administration. Gray is off to a rocky start, with federal prosecutors “assessing” charges of campaign abuses brought by a former mayoral candidate and accumulating concerns over nepotism, hiring of cronies and overspending on salaries for appointees.