Council getting records from Gray hiring scandal

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After months of waiting, city officials will finally get to examine financial documents that could shed new light on a scandal in which Mayor Vincent Gray’s political team has been accused of offering city jobs and money in exchange for corrupting last year’s mayoral election. D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Macaluso ruled Thursday that former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown must hand over the records, which include any money orders and personal checks from Gray’s campaign, by Monday afternoon. Brown says Gray for Mayor campaign members gave him cash and money orders so he could afford to stay on the campaign trail and continue verbal attacks on then-Mayor Adrian Fenty.

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