Ethics Looking At Three GQPers and a Dem

[jaF0]

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/10/22/House-lawmakers-ethics-investigation/1651634883044/


Seems like the three GQPpers did stuff more or less intentionally, while the Dem flubbed by missing report filing dates.

 

[butters]

high time

don't care what party they're affiliated with, if they've doing dodgy dealings then they must be held accountable.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

high time

don't care what party they're affiliated with, if they've doing dodgy dealings then they must be held accountable.

Funny how so many on this board don't get that. They only care about the other parties people doing wrong shit, not their own.....but then again when I look at the shit show down there, this post captures the problem clearly.

 

[butters]

another one biting dust

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., who was indicted Tuesday on charges of lying to the FBI, has deep connections to The Family, the secretive Christian group that has been tied to multiple political scandals in recent years.

Fortenberry was arraigned Wednesday on charges that he lied to federal investigators about illegal campaign payments funneled to him by a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire. In a video, Fortenberry maintained his innocence. He is blaming the prosecution on politics even though the investigation began under the Trump administration.

The indictment is not the first time a Family politician has made headlines. Rep. Mark Siljander went to jail for funneling funds tied to a terrorist organization through The Family (he was pardoned last year by President Trump). The Family also played cameo roles in the sex scandals surrounding former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, former Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., and others.

Fortenberry's involvement with The Family has not been previously reported. However, his chief of staff, Andy Braner, is a fellow insider who has spoken publicly about his attendance at the National Prayer Breakfast dating back to 2014, and has ties to The Family dating back as early as 2006, according to his LinkedIn profile.

https://www.alternet.org/2021/10/je...Id=1&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=8#cxrecs_s