Judge Declares Mistrial in DC Bribery Case

Jurors watched hours of secretly recorded video but couldn't agree on whether DC Council member Trayon White Sr. is a crook or the victim of a setup. A federal judge on Monday declared a mistrial after the jury twice reported it was stuck on the bribery charge against White, who was accused of taking $35,000 in cash in 2024 from a city contractor who was working as an FBI informant, reports the Washington Post. White was captured on video receiving envelopes stuffed with cash, per NBC Washington.

Prosecutors say White agreed to push officials to renew multimillion-dollar violence-intervention contracts in exchange for a cut that could have reached $156,000. His lawyers conceded he took the money but "did nothing" beyond that, and say he was framed by a cooperating witness facing his own fraud and bribery troubles. White, 42, remains under indictment as prosecutors weigh whether to retry the case.