There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among t… - Marion Barry

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There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys that I am their friend.

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Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) served as Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1991. He was forced to leave office during his third term as a result of his arrest and conviction on drug charges but was later again elected to the D.C. council and ultimately to the mayoralty, serving a fourth term from 1995 to 1999.

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There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys that I am their friend. - Marion Barry

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