If D.C. Councilman Jim Graham thought he was off the hook after his reprimand from colleagues last month for his violation of the council’s ethics rules, he was mistaken. Last week, Graham was named in a $100 million federal lawsuit over his alleged interference with a Metro land deal and the city’s $38 million lottery contract while serving as chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

In the eight-count lawsuit, filed March 25 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Rockville-based developer Banneker Ventures LLC accuses Graham, two of his campaign contributors, and WMATA of “a civil conspiracy” to torpedo its retail/residential project on Metro-owned land on Florida Avenue.