No-show politics in the District

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles cited a letter from the U.S. attorney as the reason they didn’t participate in a D. C. Council briefing into the scandal inside the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.

Jeffrey Taylor’s March 27 correspondence warned such a session could jeopardize the ongoing federal investigation and potential prosecution of perpetrators, who, in a bribery kickback scheme, may have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars.