
Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (right) announces a closed-door session of council at the John A. Wilson Building on Tuesday as council member Harry Thomas Jr. sits beside him in a conference room. Mr. Brown later said that an announcement will be made Wednesday on whether Mr. Thomas faces sanctions in light a misuse of funds allegation.(DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

Flanked by his attorney, Frederick D. Cooke Jr., D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (right) refuted the city attorney general's allegations regarding the use of grant money and charitable donations at an afternoon news conference. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

From left, D.C. Council member Jim Graham, Chief of Police Cathy L. Lanier and interim DYRS Director Neil A. Stanley on Thursday discuss the escape of four D.C. teens from the Palmetto Summerville Behavioral Health Center in Summerville, S.C., in front of the John A. Wilson Building in the District. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

OPTS OUT: Former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown speaks to reporters in the John A. Wilson Building lobby Thursday during a hearing on the personnel practices of Mayor Vincent C. Gray's administration. He chose not to testify. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)