Contract OK’d despite scathing audit

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The D.C. government terribly mismanaged the contract for legal services at the new Nationals’ stadium, a scathing new audit reveals, but the D.C. Council on Tuesday moved to continue the deal anyway.

The price tag for legal work, performed by law firm Venable LLP, is now millions more than anticipated and is threatening the $611 million ballpark cost cap, D.C. Auditor Deborah Nichols found.

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