May 29, 2014
Zaina Kahuk
News Writer
Headlines
Former District of Columbia Councilmember Michael Brown has been sentenced to three years in prison for taking more than $50,000 in bribes during an undercover FBI sting. He received the 39-month sentence Thursday from a federal judge in Washington after prosecutors’ request for a 43-month prison term. Brown admitted taking the bribes from a man he thought was a businessman seeking preferential treatment on government contracts, who ended up being an undercover FBI agent. Officials stated in a press release, [He is] “third member of the Council of the District of Columbia to plead guilty within the past three years to federal charges involving crimes committed while they were in office.”
