DC council chairman charged; will resign seat
Source: Associated Press
By ERIC TUCKER | Associated Press – 28 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the District of Columbia Council was charged Wednesday with lying about his income on loan applications and told colleagues in a closed-door meeting later in the day that he planned to resign.
The bank fraud charge against Kwame R. Brown, one of the most influential power brokers in D.C. government, is the latest allegation of criminal wrongdoing to roil local politics in the nation's capital and will lead to further membership shakeups on the council. Brown becomes the second councilmember to face criminal charges since January and his expected departure comes as federal authorities continue investigating the 2010 campaign of Mayor Vincent Gray.
Brown was charged in a criminal information, a document that generally signals that a defendant has agreed to plead guilty. A plea hearing is set for Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington.
Brown declined to answer questions or comment on the case following a closed-door meeting with fellow councilmembers Wednesday afternoon. It was there he revealed plans to resign from the 13-person panel, according to a person briefed on the meeting.
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If this were the Federal government, he would have just received a 
, and that would be the end of it.
Oh, wait! What am I thinking? Of course he'd have to be a Republican! 
