A CNN story about the “rule breakers of COVID-19” begins with an anecdote sure to pique the interest of D.C. politics watchers.

A District-based media executive shares his experience attending two covert Georgetown dinner parties, both of which took place during D.C.’s stay-at-home order and involved sneaking in through the back of the house to keep neighbors in the dark.

Here’s how CNN describes the second event:

At the second party, held over the weekend at the home of a Democrat political operative, one of the guests brought the food: “lamb to belatedly celebrate Easter.” In attendance were an ambassador, a city councilman, and a well-known lobbyist. The night was balmy and they all sat outside for hours.

It’s unclear how many people attended this dinner party or what the set-up looked like (CNN describes the first event thusly: “A group of four listened to music and sat under heated lamps six feet apart in the garden where they were served dinner”).

Who, pray tell, is the “city councilman” in the article? CNN implies, but doesn’t directly say, that the person in question is a local D.C. politician. (Locals often quibble about national outlets calling a D.C. legislator “city councilman”—the D.C. Council also performs county and state duties—but it’s pretty common to see councilmembers referred to in this way or the D.C. Council called “city council.”)

Willingly violating the city’s stay-at-home order can net a person up to 90 days in jail and a $5,000 fine. Plus, flouting the mayor’s directives for a chance to hob nob in Georgetown just plain looks bad.

DCist reached out to all 12 sitting councilmembers to ask if they were the person depicted in the article. So far, nine councilmembers have responded to deny that they attended the Georgetown dinner party in question last weekend: Chairman Phil Mendelson, At-large councilmembers David Grosso, Elissa Silverman, and Robert White, Ward 1’s Brianne Nadeau, Ward 3’s Mary Cheh, Ward 4’s Brandon Todd, Ward 5’s Kenyan McDuffie, and Ward 6’s Charles Allen. Many expressed doubt that their colleagues would do this, and wondered if the person in question represented a different jurisdiction. We’re still waiting to hear back from the other three.

“The privilege and stupidity described in the CNN article is infuriating,” says Nadeau. “I am proud of all the D.C. residents and workers trying so hard to flatten the curve, but we are nowhere near out of the woods yet. Stay home.”

Notably, Georgetown is in Ward 2, which hasn’t had a councilmember since Jack Evans resigned in January amid an ethics scandal. The Georgetown resident is now running for election for another four-year term as Ward 2 councilmember in the June primary.

Evans says that he didn’t attend the Georgetown party, either. “I can assure you it was not me, with 100 percent assurance,” he tells DCist. He says that he only leaves his house to take his five-mile runs and to hang up campaign signs.

So who was it? Evans says he is wondering, too: “I can’t imagine anyone on this council being invited to a secret party in Georgetown.”

This story has been updated with a response from Chairman Phil Mendelson, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, and Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh.