Phil Mendelson says he wants quick action on Councilman Jim Graham

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Tuesday that he wants lawmakers to decide “promptly” whether they will take any action against Ward 1 Councilman Jim Graham, the subject of intense scrutiny since the city’s ethics board said last week it believed he had violated the District’s conduct rules.

“I am going to talk to colleagues, and I will recommend some action by the council,” Mendelson said in his first public comments since Thursday’s opinion from the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. “I would like us to deal with it promptly. I don’t want to deal with it so immediately that we make some mistakes, but I don’t want to see this fester.”