D.C. negotiating settlement with Fenty friend

The Fenty administration is in negotiations to pay a settlement to mayoral friend Omar Karim even as an investigation continues into allegations of cronyism and bid rigging that scrapped multimillion-dollar parks contracts between Karim and the District, the Washington Examiner has learned.

“My lawyers have been talking to his lawyers,” Attorney General Peter Nickles said. “I’m not giving anything away.”