Harry Thomas Jr.

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Judge Mary Terrell, interim president and CEO of the Children & Youth Investment Trust Corp., answers questions during Monday's D.C. Council hearing on the organization that former council member Harry Thomas Jr. embezzled from. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Edward Williams talks with Ward 5 D.C. Council candidate Delano Hunter (right), who is among the 16 hopefuls running for the vacated seat of Harry Thomas Jr. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Political signs on Rhode Island Avenue Northeast are too big to be overlooked Tuesday by a pedestrian. Ward 5 D.C. Council candidates Shelly Gardner and Wilson Boston are among the 16 hopefuls running for the vacated seat of Harry Thomas Jr. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A public-private trust at the center of former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr.'s theft scandal gave more than $100,000 to groups not registered as nonprofits and others not in city records. (The Washington Times)

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Embattled D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., 51, speaks to the press, where he pled guilty before District Judge John D. Bates in U.S. District Court for the District, in Washington D.C., to stealing $353,000 from youth baseball programs from April 2007 to February 2009 and failing to report a total of $346,00 in additional income on three successive tax returns, Friday, January 6, 2012. It was the first time a sitting D.C. council member has been charged with a felony. Mr. Thomas resigned from office on Thursday Evening. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Ward 5 resident Zachary Sims, outside the U.S. District Courthouse on Friday where former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. pleaded guilty to tax fraud and stealing city funds (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., 51, and his family exit the U.S. District Courthouse in D.C., on Jan. 6, 2012, after Thomas pleaded guilty to felony counts of stealing more than $350,000 in taxpayer funds and failing to report income on his tax returns. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., 51, speaks with reporters Jan. 6, 2012, outside the U.S. District Courthouse in D.C., after pleading guilty to felony counts of stealing more than $350,000 in taxpayer funds and failing to report income on his tax returns. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr., Ward 5 Democrat. (The Washington Times)

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FBI and IRS Criminal Investigative Division agents serve a search warrant on the home of D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. on 17th Street NE in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (The Washington Times)

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**FILE** D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (above) fields reporters' questions this week outside the Wilson Building about investigations of his Team Thomas nonprofit. One of the donors to the nonprofit is strip club co-owner Keith Forney (left). (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Harry Thomas Jr.

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Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (right) announces a closed-door session of council at the John A. Wilson Building on Tuesday as council member Harry Thomas Jr. sits beside him in a conference room. Mr. Brown later said that an announcement will be made Wednesday on whether Mr. Thomas faces sanctions in light a misuse of funds allegation.(DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

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D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan said a five-month investigation by his office found that more than $300,000 intended for youth baseball programs and other charitable purposes as part of the 2008 budget made its way to Harry Thomas Jr. for his personal use. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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The city government has accused D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. of using grant money and donations for trips and expenditures. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Flanked by his attorney, Frederick D. Cooke Jr., D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (right) refuted the city attorney general's allegations regarding the use of grant money and charitable donations at an afternoon news conference. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)