Thomas Gore First Charged in Gray Campaign Investigation

The first charges in the federal investigation of Mayor Vincent Gray's 2010 mayoral campaign were filed today against former campaign aid, Thomas Gore.

Gore, as assistant treasurer, was charged with "providing a campaign contribution in the name of another person and with violating a federal law that prohibits the destruction of records needed in an investigation" according to The Washington Post.

The Post speculates that Gore might have been involved in transferring monies from the Gray campaign to that of Suliamon Brown.

Brown claims that the Gray campaign paid him for attacks on Mayor Adrian Fenty during the 2010 election. He also says that Gray promised and gave him a job in his administration; Brown spoke out when he was unceremoniously fired from that position.

Investigators are examining Brown's claims as well as inconsistencies in money order donations.

, saying that the "grass-roots" nature of his campaign compelled him to "trust people to properly carry out the duties for which they were responsible."