By Jay Sekulow
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Former Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie E. Johnson, who followed her husband's ambitions into politics last year, will now follow in his footsteps to prison.
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday released a secretly recorded video showing former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson casually accepting a cash bribe on the day he was arrested in connection with a wide-ranging corruption probe.
Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Prince George's County council member Leslie E. Johnson to a year or more in jail, saying she was part of a corrupt culture including illicit fundraising for her council race.
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Prince George's County residents went to the polls Tuesday hoping not just to elect a replacement for former County Council member Leslie E. Johnson, but to close the book on one of the corruption-plagued county's most embarrassing scandals.
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Prince George's County voters will go to the polls Tuesday to choose the likely replacement for former County Council member Leslie E. Johnson.
Prince George's County officials have scheduled special primary and general elections to replace former County Council member Leslie E. Johnson.
Prince George's County officials have scheduled special primary and general elections to replace former County Council member Leslie E. Johnson.
A retired Prince George's fire official has pleaded guilty in connection with the widespread corruption scandal that has taken down developers, public officials and police officers in the county in the last several months, according to federal court documents unsealed Monday.
Prince George's Council member Leslie E. Johnson returned to work Monday, three days after she relinquished her county-issued vehicle, phone and computer in accordance with sanctions levied last week by her colleagues.
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Leslie E. Johnson resigned Tuesday from the Prince George's County Council, five days after she pleaded guilty to destroying evidence in a federal corruption probe.
Prince George's County Council member Leslie E. Johnson resigned from her post Tuesday, five days after pleading guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit witness and evidence tampering.
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She admitted to flushing a $100,000 check down a toilet and hiding tens of thousands of dollars of bribe money in her bra as federal investigators tried to execute a search warrant at the couple's Mitchellville home in the minutes after the events depicted in the video.
In another call she tells her husband that her campaign had collected money from individuals in amounts more than $100, violating state campaign finance laws and asking "how should I do this?"
