Brandon Todd campaigns to be reelected for Ward 4 Council at the Sala Thai restaurant in the District on May 25, 2016. (Astrid Riecken/For The Washington Post)A group of elected D.C. neighborhood commissioners is asking campaign finance authorities to investigate allegations that D.C. Council member Brandon T. Todd (D-Ward 4) used government resources to promote a school board candidate. Councilmember Todd looks forward to cooperating with any inquiries.”Fleitman did not answer follow-up questions seeking to clarify whether Todd used emails collected by his council office for the campaign mailing. Todd, a former aide to Bowser, faced an earlier campaign finance investigation over irregularities in his 2015 special election campaign to fill the council seat Bowser vacated. “To clear your name and to begin to regain the trust of this commission, we urge you to actively support strengthening the campaign finance laws,” that letter said.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2018 16:42 UTC