Campaign complaint against D.C. councilman dismissed

The District’s campaign finance office has dismissed a complaint filed against Ward 2 D.C. Councilman Jack Evans for snapping a photo of a fully uniformed Police Chief Cathy Lanier in the Wilson Building and then using it in a re-election ad.

In an order dated Thursday, Office of Campaign Finance Director Cecily Collier-Montgomery accepted the recommendation of the office’s general counsel and tossed the complaint against Evans.