No one’s surprised that scandal-plagued D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray invited an investigation of his political campaign by the city’s attorney general. That’s Crisis Management 101. The move gives the impression Gray has nothing to hide. It also provides him a credible excuse for not answering any further questions about allegations that his 2010 mayoral campaign paid cash and promised a job to candidate Sulaimon Brown if he remained in the race and continued his savage attacks on incumbent Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. Those charges by Brown appeared in Sunday’s Washington Post.
Calling the allegations “surprising, shocking and appalling,” Gray said they are “inconsistent with what I know about my own campaign.” The mayor said he also “left a message” for D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown inviting an investigation by the legislature.
