GREENSBORO, N.C. — Shortly before his 2011 indictment on corruption charges, John Edwards called the elderly heiress whose money helped hide his pregnant mistress and asked for $3 million more, a witness testified Monday at the trial of the former ...

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WASHINGTON — Lawyers for an ex-D.C. councilman awaiting sentencing for corruption are accusing federal prosecutors of “stretching the facts” and making light of his positive contributions. Harry Thomas Jr. is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in Washington ...

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GREENBELT — A former Prince George’s County housing director has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for his role in a corruption scheme involving former county executive Jack Johnson. James Johnson pleaded guilty to asking for ...

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The judge who presided over the corruption trial of former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is being brought in to handle the trial of Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold. Retired Howard County Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney also presided ...

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GREENBELT — Former Prince George’s County Council member Leslie Johnson is about to begin serving a year and a day in prison for her role in obstructing an investigation into a corruption scheme involving her husband. Johnson is scheduled to ...

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GREENBELT — Prosecutors are asking that the wife of former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson to pay a $15,000 fine in full before she reports to prison next month. Leslie Johnson was sentenced last year to a one year ...

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Recently, I had the challenging experience of mediating a civil case which directly involved an examination and reconciliation of the economic, legal, political, social and financial consequences of the unique “pay to play” scheme developed with precision, but not a ...

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WASHINGTON — Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson, who pleaded guilty last year in a federal corruption investigation, will have two more weeks of freedom. Johnson was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for extorting hundreds of ...

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There are times when doors to the usually secret hearings of the General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics should be flung wide open. The case of state Sen. Ulysses S. Currie, which the committee is expected to hear soon, ...

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WASHINGTON — D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. was charged Thursday with stealing more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns. The two felony counts against Thomas, a 51-year-old Democrat, were detailed in a criminal information filed in ...

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