Martin AustermuhleVerified account

First, the lawyer doing the questioning was trying to get a sense of what Evans did exactly for Mannatt and Phelps, a local law firm that lobbies the Council. Evans worked there for 2 years, got paid $60k a year. (Evans' answers are next to the "A.")pic.twitter.com/kriMj6OIV8

Here's Evans describing what he did for the clients of the private consulting firm he set up after he left the other law firms he had worked for. Those clients included businesses with interests in the city and local legislation.pic.twitter.com/UPOP6H43Qq

Here's Evans describing why he always tried to have a job outside the Council. One reason: he had triplets, and raising kids is expensive.pic.twitter.com/4uSQio81qA

Here, Evans is responding to whether he'll ever take another outside job while he is a Council member. "Never again," he says, calling it "the biggest mistake one makes in life sometimes."pic.twitter.com/0dkofHjJ9V

Evans says that when he first joined the Council, most lawmakers had outside jobs. Now, only one does — @marycheh. "Times have changed," he laments.pic.twitter.com/3EK7pAgue7

Evans says here the best Council's he served on were the ones where other members had outside jobs. "This is pontificating," he concedes.pic.twitter.com/na6GGLQKDI

This is pretty fascinating, though not wholly new. The questioner asked Evans to describe his political philosophy and how he arrived at it. In short: he came on the Council in the bad ol' days of D.C., helped turn D.C. by attracting businesses back.pic.twitter.com/qav9vEv6qo

Evans takes a swipe at his current Council colleagues, saying they've brought back the "tax and spend days" that he says bankrupted the city in the 1990s.pic.twitter.com/OCNtbMtSX7

And here's Evans talking about how he helped save the city and save Metro. (While this is all part of a legal investigation into Evans, it's also one of the best interviews I have read with him.)pic.twitter.com/XOdpZwABSQ

In this back and forth, the questioner tries to get to whether Evans understood why required financial disclosure forms exist for Council members. (Note: Evans did not disclose clients of his consulting firm, because he said they did not pay him, but rather his firm.)pic.twitter.com/0HlqqGeMVf

Here's Evans discussing what he was offering law firms he was trying to get jobs at. He says it was all about generating business for the firms, not doing their clients' bidding in the Council.pic.twitter.com/6Xh9F0os59

Getting into the substance of some of the allegations he faces, Evans argues that writing a letter in support of the Pepco/Exelon merger while he was also working for a firm representing them wasn't a conflict of interest since approval wasn't in the Council's purview.pic.twitter.com/TVAPYvDPS1

Evans says he has not been treated fairly this year, and is angry that the Metro ethics investigation was leaked to the Post.pic.twitter.com/SxQZwYCnFW

Evans had some choice words about @JeffAndersonDC1, who had some consistent and solid reporting on Evans' relationship with some businesses looking to get bills through the Council:pic.twitter.com/WKSURmTX2P

Now on to part 2 of the 4 transcripts of interviews Evans did with investigators. Here he is explaining why constituent services matter so much for ward-based Council members.pic.twitter.com/ipQSS98C0N