**FILE** Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson walks out of the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Ward 5 resident Zachary Sims, outside the U.S. District Courthouse on Friday where former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. pleaded guilty to tax fraud and stealing city funds (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., 51, and his family exit the U.S. District Courthouse in D.C., on Jan. 6, 2012, after Thomas pleaded guilty to felony counts of stealing more than $350,000 in taxpayer funds and failing to report income on his tax returns. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., 51, speaks with reporters Jan. 6, 2012, outside the U.S. District Courthouse in D.C., after pleading guilty to felony counts of stealing more than $350,000 in taxpayer funds and failing to report income on his tax returns. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson sits in his SUV outside the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt after being sentenced to seven years and three months after being found guilty for corruption in a pay-to-play scandal, Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson walks out of the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt with his lawyer Jeff Harding, left, after being sentenced to seven years and three months after being found guilty for corruption in a pay-to-play scandal, Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson and his lawyer Billy Martin, left, walk out of the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt after Johnson was sentenced to seven years and three months in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson walks into the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, for his sentencing after being found guilty for corruption in a pay-to-play scandal. Also pictured is his lawyer Billy Martin, left. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson walks into the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., on Dec. 6, 2011, for his sentencing after being found guilty for corruption in a pay-to-play scandal. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
