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Latest. Thompson has been in court explaining how he funneled millions of local funds into the campaigns in 2006. The most explosive came two hours ago when thompson told the he met with mayor gray. He says that mayor gray asked for help in his Mayoral Campaign and agreed to keep thompsons name a secret. He said he spent more than 600,000 to pay for stickers and Campaign Signs an canvas neighborhoods in support of his campaign, but none of this money has bn een reported to the d. C. Board of elections and that is why it is a shadow e contribution. And they say that mayor gray called for the in...

And ice age how it took a winter this severe to bring these sailors out of hibernation, and back to a sport we rarely get to see that is not for the faint of heart. Nightly news begins now. Good evening, tonight, people tell world over are asking the same question, how is it possible that a jumbo jet has disappeared without a trace . Tonight, the search has expanded over a large area for a large aircraft, a boeing triple 7 among the safest ever made. This one with 239 souls on board. There were false alarms over the weekend, a fuel slick on the water, what looked like an aircraft door but they...

Mayor vincent gray knew of the scheme to funnel illegal money into the Shadow Campaign before gray ever announced that he would run for office. He says that gray agreed to call him uncle earl to keep his identity a secret, and he said that during the campaign, gray personally asked thompson for 400,000 in cash for efforts to get out the vote. And thompson told the judge that he gave 10,000 to a Family Member of vincent gray and additional 40,000 to a close friend of vincent grays for home improvement. In addition to all of the money that was funneled to mayor gr grays campaign, thompson admitt...

In the courtroom, he said that d. C. Mayor vincent gray knew of the plan to fund a Shadow Campaign before he was running. Gray says that he personally asked him for an an additional 400,000 in the campaign, and then helped thompsons company to receive a settlement when his office was won. And so they agreed to refer to thompson only as uncle earl a code name. Jeffrey thompson admitted to illegally financing multiple campaigns, including 6,870 to a president ial candidate, and 250,000 to 13 candidates for federal office. And also here in d. C. , 100,000, to 2008 Council Candidate, and 20,000 to...

The papers do not identify who received the money. He allegedly gave 20,000 to a ward 4 candidate. 2008, one hundred thousand dollars to an atlarge candidate, 100 thousand dollars to another atlarge candidate, contribution to another candidate. Thompson said in dealing with grey, he was told to call him uncle earl. He gaveors said when 125,000 to gray, at that meeting, grey called him thank you, uncle. He says that he did occasionally call Jeffrey Thompson uncle, but he was the public to believe he does not know what thompson is talking about. It is very unfortunate this has occurred. It is ve...