When It Rains It Pours: DC City Council Member Who Said Jews Control the Weather Arrested by FBI
20th August 2024
Trayon White, the liberal Washington, D.C., council member who said Jews manipulate the weather in a scheme to “own” American cities, was arrested by the FBI on Sunday for taking part in a $156,000 bribery scheme.
White, who appeared poised to secure a third term on the council this November prior to the arrest, was detained by federal authorities at his “luxury high-rise apartment building” in D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood, according to the Washington Post. White allegedly took “thousands of dollars in cash” and other gifts in exchange for ensuring city contracts went to a local businessman, according to CNN, which said the Democrat “agreed to take $156,000 in cash for his work—or 3 percent of the contracts’ value.”
White was reportedly caught asking for cash on in taped conversations with the unnamed businessman who was acting as an informant after pleading guilty to separate federal bribery charges.