Gray knew of ‘shadow campaign,’

This guy funneled cash to Hillary Clinton.
Dems gotta Dem.
Corruption at it's finest.

At a court hearing likely to roil the current mayoral race, prosecutors for the first time alleged that Gray (D) knew about businessman Jeffrey E. Thompson’s conspiracy to pump more than $660,000 in illegal donations into the campaign.

In fact, prosecutors said, Gray and the businessman devised a plan in which Gray would refer to Thompson as “Uncle Earl” to conceal his identity. At one point, Gray gave Thompson a one-page, $425,000 budget request that the businessman then funded, according to the plea agreement.

In the most high-profile instance, Thompson in 2008 secretly spent more than $600,000 on canvassers and campaign materials to reach voters on behalf of Hillary Rodham Clinton during five primary contests with then-Sen. Barack Obama. While Machen did not identify Clinton by name on Monday, he specifically said that the presidential candidate referenced in court documents was not aware of the illegal effort.

In addition to the shadow campaigns, Thompson also arranged $250,000 in illegal conduit donations — made in the names of family, friends and colleagues but later reimbursed through his accounting firm and personal accounts. The donations went to at least 13 federal candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives, including Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and then-Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.).

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