so jeanne clark harris arranged a dinner meet iing at her apartment for them to meet.e candidate, the, in the meet i meeting then the candidate handed him a expents report budget to get out the vote. and thompson agreed to do, so but he said that the many knee would pass through harris, and that hawkins and harris would manage the money. as the candidate left the apartment, he thanked jeff thompson and referring to him by the secret nickname, uncle. and thompson made good on the deal reached over dinner with the candidate, and transferred more than half a million in 2010 to harris. that was used to pay the shadow get out the vote campaign, money which assisted the candidate in obtaining victory at the polls. but thompson's benefit campaign did not end after the candidate won the election. after the election, thompson provided $10,000 to cover a campaign expense incurred by one of the candidates' close family members, and another $10,000 to support one of the candidate's union allies that was at the mayoral candidate's request, and home improvements and other items for

that shadow campaign was actually hatched in a private meeting he had with vernon hawkins and jeanne clarke harris, two people who have already pled guilty in the case. here's what the mayor's attorney had to say about those two. >> and you name two people who don't make the assumption that they have a lot of evidence against the mayor because i know pretty much what boat of them will say and -- both of them will say and what they will not say and i don't think mr. machen is going to get the support from them on some of these issues that he thinks he will get. >> everybody we've talked with the past several days is convinced an indictment with the mayor's name is coming. the only question tonight is will it be before or after the primary? bruce johnson reporting for wusa9. >> right now mayor gray's political future is in the hands of you the voters. voting kicked off at the one judiciary building at fourth street in northwest. additional early voting locations open up around the city starting saturday and that primary is april 1st. >>> new tonight a california man who once wrote about wanting to b