Trammell claims he ‘never received a dime' of misused money

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By Lynn Hulsey, Staff Writer 10:39 PM Wednesday, August 18, 2010

DAYTON — The Rev. Raleigh Trammell denied misusing taxpayer money that was supposed to help the needy, responding in detail for the first time to allegations that prompted criminal investigations.

“I know that I’m not guilty of taking any money,” said Trammell, in an interview with the Dayton Daily News on Wednesday, Aug. 18. “I never received a dime. I have lost and invested money in these projects. I have worked to make the programs go.”

Trammell spoke prior to pleading guilty in Dayton Municipal Court to a city property code violation.

Trammell, the disputed chairman of the national Southern Christian Leadership Conference and its Dayton chapter, faces criminal investigations into allegations that he misused taxpayer money.

Earlier this year, all public funding was withdrawn for the Dayton SCLC chapter and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Dayton, which Trammell heads with the Rev. Wilburt Shanklin. Neither has been charged and both deny wrongdoing.

Trammell accused the Dayton Daily News of wanting him “dead.” “Eventually, I will be killed,” Trammell said. “That’s what they did to Martin Luther King Jr. Every black leader they do that to. I will be killed.”

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