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Jeanne Harris

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Gray Draws Distinctions Between Campaign and Administration

Gray: 'This is not the campaign that we intended to run'

Mayor Vincent Gray asked reporters and constituents to draw a fine line between his campaign for mayor, which has faced serious legal scrutiny of late, and the work his administration has done since he took office. "This is not the campaign that we intended to run," Gray told reporters, referencing the guilty plea entered yesterday by Gray donor Jeanne Harris. Tuesday, Harris pleaded guilty to running a "shadow campaign" by obscuring and not reporting some $653,800 in campaign expenses and contributions. "More than a year ago I was the one for who called for an investigation of my own campaign," Gray reminded reporters. He said he wanted to become mayor "for the right reasons" for the city he loves. "I’d invite you and others to take a …

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Gray Donor Pleads Guilty to Violating Campaign Laws, Obstructing Justice

Eugenia C. Harris, 75, says she funneled monies and donations to Vincent Gray's 2010 Mayoral Campaign.

Vincent Gray donor Eugenia "Jeanne" Harris, 75, of Washington, DC, pleaded guilty Tuesday to disguising the source of campaign contributions in federal and local elections and to hiding those activities from federal investigators. According to the FBI, Harris used her business and that of a co-conspirator to funnel and obscure some $653,800 in campaign expenses and contributions to the Vincent Gray Mayoral campaign. Harris pleaded guilt to three charges in court Tuesday, according to a release from the FBI: "The 2010 election for D.C. mayor was tainted by the infusion of massive sums of corporate money that were illegally concealed from voters. This conviction begins to dismantle a conspiracy which for too long subverted our federal and …

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