Barry at Risk of Losing Probation ; Prosecutors Tell Federal Court His Income Taxes Still Not Paid

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Federal prosecutors want to revoke D.C. Council member Marion Barry's probation in a criminal tax case because he has failed to pay 2005 federal and D.C. income taxes.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys James Cooper and Thomas Zeno said in a court memo Friday that Mr. Barry, a former D.C. mayor, has shown "unworthiness to reap the benefits of a lenient sanction." Mr. Barry was sentenced to three years' probation in federal court last year for not paying his income taxes, after reaching a plea deal with the U.S. attorney's office.

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Barry at Risk of Losing Probation ; Prosecutors Tell Federal Court His Income Taxes Still Not Paid

Mr. Barry was sentenced to three years' probation in federal court last year for not paying taxes for five years, after reaching a...

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