Trials

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (86+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Shortly after the mistrial, Jeanine Pirro vowed to retry the case. White’s…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (581+ words) Defense lawyers for D.C. Council member Trayon White are calling for his acquittal after a mistrial was declared Monday in his federal bribery case, while prosecutors are vowing to retry the embattled council member from Ward 8. As the case moves forward,…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (410+ words) News4’s Mark Segraves lays out how D.C. Councilmember Trayon White could be tried again, how he still could lose his position on the council – and why the case is sparking fears about President Trump’s repeated threats to federalize the District....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (347+ words) Louis Geri declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss sentenced him to five years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Moss said he balanced the danger that Geri poses to the public…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1386+ words) The judge declared a mistrial in the federal bribery trial of D.C. Councilman Trayon White. News4’s Erika Gonzalez and Ted Oberg break down the decision. A mistrial has been declared after D.C. Councilmember Trayon White faced a federal bribery charge. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (93+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. White was charged with taking thousands of dollars in cash from a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (351+ words) Attorneys for D.C. Council member Trayon White are pressing a federal judge to acquit the Ward 8 lawmaker before jurors return Monday for a fourth day of deliberations in his bribery trial. In a new filing Sunday, White’s defense team asked U.S....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1032+ words) The second day of deliberations in the Trayon White bribery case ended without a verdict. News4’s Mark Segraves reports key questions from the jury had to do with the definition of bribery and intent. Jurors in D.C. Councilmember Trayon White’s…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (377+ words) At a hearing Monday in D.C. District Court, attorneys in the federal bribery trial of Ward 8 D.C. Council member Trayon White debated what instructions jurors will receive, while White’s attorneys also sought to have the case end with an acquittal less than…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (535+ words) The jury in the bribery trial of a D.C. councilmember was not in court Monday because of Yom Kippur, but the judge in the case considered several motions, including a defense motion to dismiss at an afternoon hearing. News4’s Mark Segraves…...