Court appearance postponed for former Gray aide
Monday - 12/17/2012, 9:20am ET
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has postponed a court appearance for a former campaign aide to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray.
Eugenia "Jeanne" Clarke Harris admitted facilitating a $650,000 "shadow campaign" to help Gray get elected in 2010. She's one of three former Gray campaign aides to plead guilty to felonies, and the investigation continues.
She had been due in court Monday morning for a status conference, but a judge agreed to postpone the appearance after learning that prosecutors didn't intend to seek a sentencing date. Harris is now due in court on March 22.
Harris admitted to conspiring with a district businessman to funnel $650,000 in unreported funds into Gray's campaign. Prosecutors said Gray's victory was tainted because voters didn't know the source of the funds.
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