Hamilton was previously convicted of paying tens of thousands of dollars to former council members Dwaine Caraway and Carolyn Davis. He was acquitted in his retrial.

Hamilton is accused of paying Dallas City Council members Carolyn Davis and Dwaine Caraway for political gain and for help in getting housing projects approved.

Developer Ruel Hamilton, who was convicted in 2021 for paying two Dallas City Council members to advance his housing projects, was acquitted on all federal counts Thursday.

Ruel Hamilton was found not guilty on all federal charges in a retrial over an alleged bribery scheme involving two former city council members.

After several years of legal wrangling, a federal jury found Dallas developer Ruel Hamilton not guilty of charges that he bribed two Dallas city council members to move his housing projects ...

The Dallas City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to sell an empty, city-owned Oak Cliff hospital that was once targeted for housing and other services for homeless people.

Jurors in the retrial did not agree with prosecutors, who argued that the thousands of dollars Ruel Hamilton paid to Dallas City Council members were bribes.

Change is coming to the southern sector and the western half of the city as newly elected Dallas City Council members Maxie Johnson and Laura Cadena bring years of experience in the public arena ...

Developer Ruel Hamilton, who was convicted in 2021 for paying two Dallas City Council members to advance his housing projects, was acquitted on all federal counts Thursday. Hamilton was originally ...