In D.C., when it rains it pours -- subpoenas

Thursday afternoon was especially warm and lovely, so I slipped out of the office, took a bike ride through Lafayette Square — where magnolia blossoms are already carpeting the paths — and rode down to the Wilson Building, to visit my increasingly-pained elected representatives.

It has been a rough week down at the District building. Subpoenas started raining down on council members Tuesday, and they kept showing up as the week progressed. It seems a federal grand jury is investigating campaign contributions by Jeffrey E. Thompson, a local businessman who’s made bank on multimillion-dollar government contracts. The feds have been asking our local representatives to turn over any campaign records that relate to Thompson or his companies.