shortly after he took office in 2011, sulaimon brown, would also run for mayor, told the washington post that he was paid and promised a job in exchange for disparaging fancy during the election. federal investigators soon discovered that much of brown's story was true. they also uncovered an even bigger secret, the shadow campaign. more than $653,000 was spent and never reported on grey's behalf. allegedly, just one man was behind that money, jeffrey thompson. who moved immigrant the united states in the 1970's, went to college and built a small empire. --cofounded accounting firm which earned $322 million a year in revenues, the largest city contract held by a single vendor. he gave back to the poor. he became known as a top fundraiser for local candidates. but federal investigators allege that donors contributions bundled by thompson actually came from him or his firm. to date, five people have pleaded guilty. one of gray's campaign aides pleaded guilty to destroying evidence that showed payments to sulaimon brown. another aide pleaded guilty for lying to investigators about his payme

one year later, former mayoral candidate, sulaimon brown accused him to stay in the race so he could attack mayor fenty. gray campaign assistant and campaign consultant admitted they gave brown illegal campaign contributions. that very same year, campaign consultant, jean clark harris admitted she concealed $653,000, which had secretly been paid by jeffrey thompson. and then in 2013, former aid, vernon hawkins admitted he took money supplied by thompson and gave it to another man. the goal, get him out of town so he couldn't talk to the fbi about that shadow campaign. >> and it is a bit of an under statement if we tell you this could impact the upcoming election. we will note early voting for d.c. drentzs starts next monday. that's march 17. primary day is april 1. stay with us. we have a lot more on this could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.s everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ugh. geico. little help here. i need>>that's my geico digital insurance id card - gots all my per

one year later, former mayoral candidate, sulaimon brown accused the gray campaign of paying him to stay in the race so he could attack then mayor fenty. in 2012, gray campaign assistant and consultant admitted they gave brown illegal campaign contributions. that same year, jean clark harris admitted she dispursed and concealed $653,000, which had secretly been paid by jeffrey thompson. in 2013, vernon hawkins admitted he took money and gave it to another man. the goal, get him out of town so he couldn't talk to the fbi about that shadow campaign. >> and as we noted, a press conference is scheduled at 5:30. that's 20 minutes away. we'll bring to to you live. >>> here's something to lift your spirits. gorgeous day out there today. i guess we better enjoy it because there is a yellow alert in place for wednesday, which means first alert chief meteorologist, topper shutt, has some work to tell us about. >> rain, showers and thunderstorms and strong winds heading our way. it will be a wild wednesday. it really is. low pressure is going to track into kentucky as we get into tomorrow night and