Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. (D) was arrested by the FBI at a Navy Yard house constructing the afternoon of Sunday, August 18.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson confirmed stories of the arrest to a number of retailers Sunday night, including that he (Mendelson) had been unaware that the Ward 8 councilmember was below investigation.

Full circumstances and motivation for White’s arrest weren’t clear Sunday night. The FBI Washington Area Workplace didn’t reply to requests for remark. Requests for remark to White’s workers had been additionally not returned. White is anticipated to seem in federal courtroom Monday.

White is a protégée of former Mayor Marion Barry. He was first elected to characterize Ward 8 in 2016. White received the Democratic nomination for the November 2024 election to renew the function for what can be his third time period.

White has been the topic of some controversy throughout the time he has held workplace. Media broadly reported feedback White made in a video posted to Fb throughout a snowfall in 2018, during which he mentioned that Jewsih household the Rothschilds had been “controlling the local weather.” Washington Metropolis Paper reported that White has additionally collected greater than $80,000 in fines associated to his earlier campaigns, together with $59,000 in honest election funds he acquired throughout his 2020 run for mayor.

This story is updating.