District Links: Jack Evans’ lawyers urge “slow-down” in council investigation amid backlash; dockless vehicles could number 20K; and more

By Cuneyt Dil On Nov 7, 2019 Last updated Nov 7, 2019

Happy Thursday. Jack Evans says he no intention to resign his DC Council seat, WaPo reports. His lawyers, alarmed with the bullet-train pace of his ethics scandal, pleaded yesterday in a letter to the council chairman and the head of the panel investigating Evans for a “slow-down.”

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