Background on Jack Evans

The following news articles will provide you with more information about why the Ward 2 Citizens Recall campaign was created:

D.C. lawmaker Jack Evans used office to benefit private clients, probe finds” – 11/4/2019 – Washington Post

Councilmember Versus Bagels: Jack Evans Objects To Georgetown Location Of Call Your Mother” – 10/30/2019 – DCist

It’s time for Jack Evans to go” – 10/29/2019 – Washington Blade

Recently Unsealed Documents Reveal Digi Media’s Efforts to Skirt Regulation” – 10/16/2019 – Washington City Paper

For The First Time Since This Ethics Brouhaha Started, Jack Evans Won’t Get To Vote On His Own Scandal” – 10/8/2019 – DCist

Wise: For the sake of Ward 2 and DC, it’s time for Jack Evans to step down” – 10/2/2019 – WUSA9

Will the D.C. Council finally see what’s right in front of its face?” – 9/20/2019 – Washington Post

Why a D.C. lawmaker under investigation votes on his own probe and discipline” – 9/18/2019 – Washington Post

Ethics probe of D.C. lawmaker Evans hits roadblock: His clients won’t talk” – 9/16/2019 – Washington Post

Metro inspector general to investigate Jack Evans ethics probe at Congress’s request” – 9/13/2019 – Washington Post

Metro inspector general to investigate Jack Evans ethics probe at Congress’s request” – 9/13/2019 – Washington Post

Jack Evans threatened Metro officials’ jobs in an effort to conceal ethics violation, documents show” – 8/16/2019 – Washington Post

D.C. lawmaker Jack Evans fined $20,000 in ethics case involving outside work” – 8/8/2019 – Washington Post

House Republicans Demand Information On Jack Evans Probe, Suggest Metro Investigation Was A ‘Whitewash’” – 7/16/2019 – DCist

New subpoenas issued in federal probe of D.C. Council member Jack Evans” – 7/11/2019 – Washington Post

D.C. Council strips Jack Evans of chairmanship, will hire law firm to investigate him” – 7/9/2019 – Washington Post

D.C. Council strips Jack Evans of chairmanship, will hire law firm to investigate him” – 7/9/2019 – Washington Post

Everything You Need to Know About the Jack Evans Investigations” – 7/9/2019 – Washingtonian

In email at center of ethics violation, Jack Evans tried to spark investigation of his client’s competitor” – 6/22/2019 – Washington Post

Federal agents search Georgetown home of D.C. Council member Jack Evans” – 6/21/2019 – Washington Post

FBI Searches Home of DC Council’s Jack Evans” – 6/21/2019 – NBC Washington

Metro’s clumsy Jack Evans probe would be laughable, except the stakes are so high” – 6/18/2019 – Washington Post

Law firm that investigated Jack Evans for Metro found ‘multiple violations’ of ethics code” – 6/17/2019 – Washington Post

Metro Ethics Committee Investigation Into Evans ‘Found Evidence of Multiple Violations’” – 6/17/2019 – WAMU

Metro Review Finds Multiple Ethics Violations by Jack Evans” – 6/17/2019 – NBC Washington

Clients of D.C. Council member Jack Evans had interests before D.C. government” – 5/23/2019 – Washington Post

DC Council cuts Jack Evans’ responsibilities amid federal probe” – 4/2/2019 – WTOP

Dogged By Federal Investigation, D.C. Lawmaker May Face Recall Election” – 3/13/2019 – WAMU

Chair of D.C. Council moves to reprimand member Jack Evans” – 3/5/2019 – Washington Post

Federal grand jury issued subpoena for documents relating to D.C. Council member Jack Evans” – 2/28/2019 – Washington Post

D.C. Council member Jack Evans received stock just before pushing legislation that would benefit company” – 12/20/2018 – Washington Post

DC Councilmember: If I Park Illegally, That Opens Up a Spot for You” – 7/17/2018 – Washingtonian

Ethics officials examine D.C. lawmaker’s business ties to digital sign company” – 5/7/2018 – Washington Post

D.C. Council member proposed bill that would have helped firm that offered his son an internship” – 2/14/2018 – Washington Post

DC council member caught parking badly again” – 3/16/2017 – WUSA9

Jack Evans: Sorry for Parking Illegally!” – 11/14/2014 – Washington City Paper

Turns out, Evans’s firm has ties to hotel deal” – 10/31/2011 – Washington Post

Records show Evans paid $135,897 for sports tickets from constituent fund” – 8/21/2011 – Washington Post

Does Jack Evans Abuse his Parking Privileges?” – 3/29/2009 – Georgetown Metropolitan

District Term Limits Tossed” – 6/6/2001 – Washington Post