Feds: Barry Stopped Paying D.C. Back Taxes in July

UPDATE, 3:35 P.M.: Nickles will pursue garnishment of wages---details at bottom of post.

Federal prosecutors this afternoon filed court documents saying not only did Marion Barry not file his federal tax return, but that he failed for seven months to repay back taxes owed the very government he's been elected to serve.

The revelations come in a memorandum [PDF] submitted ahead of a April 2 hearing before federal magistrate Deborah A. Robinson on prosecutors' motion to revoke Barry's probation.

After Barry pleaded guilty to tax violations in 2006, the IRS began garnishing $1,350 from his biweekly paychecks the following November, the filing says. But, according to sources consulted by LL, the District government chose not to garnish his wages but negotiate a modest monthly payment plan with Barry. According to the filing, Barry hasn't paid stopped paying the District government last July, and "it was only after motions by the government and the Probation Office [in February] that he renewed his repayment schedule" with the District.

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