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that campaign. our bruce johnson is following this closely. very big? >> reporter: this is big. so new we didn't even have time for a cryptic. we are talking four counts against thomas gore, the assistant treasurer to the 2010 campaign for mayor. in these documents, they don't name mayor gray, but my sources say we are talking mayor gray. candidate b, is brown who was a candidate for mayor back then. in these charges the assistant treasurer for the gray campaign is charged with using funds from the gray campaign to purchase money orders. count one talked about a $100 money order. cou...

for more than a year, federal authorities have been investigating gray's campaign finances and allegations of a shadow campaign of fake documents and unreported spending. it began in march, 2011, with allegations by former minor candidate suleman brown, that he was paid by gray operatives to attack then mayor adrian finty on the campaign trail in 2010. now in the first public action the u.s. attorney's office is charging the gray assistant treasurer thomas gore for making three straw donations and using fake names on the donations. say the candidate who got the fake donations was sul...

donations. sources say the candidate who got the fake donations was suleman brown. more seriously u.s. attorney ronald machen is charging gore with destruction of evidence including a spiral notebook. thomas gore, who has indicated he plans to plead guilty to the criminal information papers, faces up to 20 years on the destruction of evidence felony. attorneys say that could give him an incentive to disclose other campaign information for leniency. neither gray who is traveling on city business in las vegas nor his attorney robert bennett commented monday on the federal charges. thom...

denied wrong doing and called a special weekend press conference following brown's initial allegations. >> i can't imagine engaging in such reprehensible behavior, and i know nothing about anyone in my campaign who did that. >> reporter: meanwhile, this is a picture of mayor gray in las vegas monday, trying to drum up business for the district. his spokesperson declined comment and referred us to gray's attorney, bob bennett. bennett told fox 5 he could not comment on the charges while this investigation is ongoing. all right, we should tell you the well-known attorney fred cook is r...

nearly $350,000 in income. prosecutors outlined its efforts to go after thomas' personal property to repay what they believe he took from the district of columbia. you will remember when the fbi raided his home, they took his 2008 chevy tahoe and his 2008 victory motorcycle. the court papers indicate those items were purchased with funds taken from the district of columbia. it's important to tell you that we have been trying to track down council member thomas all day long, as well as his attorney fred cook. we went to council member thomas' office and checked in there and went to fr...