Subpoenas from a grand jury suggest a widening investigation of the District’s longest-serving lawmaker.
Jack Evans, center, is sworn in for the seventh time as a D.C. Council member, by Chief Judge Robert E. Morin, right, of the D.C. Superior Court, in Washington on Jan. 2, 2017.
At the moment, Evans’s greatest vulnerability is the grand jury investigation, which appears to have begun with questions about his relationship with a digital-sign company, Digi Outdoor Media, and legislation he drafted in 2016 that would have benefited the company. That probe appears to have widened; the subpoenas issued to the Bowser administration and the D.C.
Evans dances with Kandy Stroud at the 2016 Annual Meridian Ball at the Meridian House in Washington. Tom Lindenfeld, a political consultant whose clients have included Bowser and former mayor Adrian M. Fenty , said Evans is damaged politically — perhaps fatally — no matter how prosecutors proceed, because of the “specter of unethical or even corrupt behavior.”
The records show that Evans sent the proposals in 2015 and 2018. In one email, sent to Nelson Mullins, a law firm that had lobbied his council office, Evans offered his political connections and influence to help the firm’s clients.“It was just a mistake, to be honest with you,” Evans said. “And that’s it. In a hurry. Not thinking. You know? And it just happened by mistake.
A career tactician, he aligns himself with whoever is mayor, even if he ran against the person, as was the case with Bowser, whom he derided as a lightweight during the 2014 Democratic primary. At one point, he sent out a mass mailing of a blank white page to lampoon her achievements as a council member.
District law allows city council members to hold jobs outside their full-time government work. Despite this, just two of the 13 council members reported any significant outside income in recent required disclosures. One was Mary M. Cheh , who teaches constitutional law at George Washington University. The other was Evans.
Evans holds his ceremonial shovel after participating in the Wharf project groundbreaking on March 19, 2014, in Washington. By 2008, Evans had faced scrutiny over his use of his political action committee — “Jack PAC” — from which he drew thousands of dollars to reimburse himself for travel and entertainment expenses. The expenses included $6,772 he spent for a friend to accompany him on an official trip to China.
“He seems to be oblivious to the kinds of trouble he gets himself into,” said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, the nonprofit public advocacy organization. “He either doesn’t care or he’s unaware of the seriousness of these transgressions.”
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