District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is establishing a committee to address the allegations against Councilman Trayon White and will be removing him from his committees.
“The federal charges against Council member Trayon White are deeply disturbing,” Mendelson wrote. “Notwithstanding the principle that a person is innocent until proven guilty, the allegations, together with the government’s affidavit, are a gut punch to the public trust in the Council.”
On Sunday evening, FBI agents arrested White outside of a luxury high-rise building in Navy Yard.
White, who is the chairman of the council’s Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs, which oversees several agencies, including the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, was arrested on bribery charges.
The complaint alleges in June 2024, White agreed to accept $156,000 in cash payments in…
