Former Councilman Jack Evans owes $20,000 in unpaid fines to the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability for his settlement, according to Rochelle Ford, director of the Office of Government Ethics in D.C.
Evans initially owed a total of $55,000 in fines for his ethics violations after reaching two settlements that allowed him to avoid a public hearing for his violation of the D.C. Council’s Code of Conduct.
The first $20,000 was due in August and Evans has only made a payment of $2,000 towards the overdue balance of his first settlement, Ford told WUSA9. Evans has until June to pay the second settlement of $35,000 from his total payment.
The Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (BEGA) has since reported the unpaid overdue balance to the D.C. Attorney General Office (OAG).
In November 2019, councilmembers hired O’Melveny & Myers law firm, who poured over 240,000-260,000 documents to investigate Evans, according to Councilmember Mary Cheh’s office. The 266-page report and investigation cost taxpayers $250,000.
