The U.S. Home Committee on Ethics is investigating a grievance regarding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
The committee in a press release on Wednesday confirmed the transfer, although it didn’t present further particulars on the subject of the investigation. It did verify the Workplace of Congressional Ethics referred the matter to the committee in June. The Workplace of Congressional Ethics is a nonpartisan, unbiased entity that critiques misconduct allegations towards Home lawmakers and their workers.
The committee additionally famous it’s extending the matter into 2023, although the transfer, and disclosing the extension, “doesn’t itself point out that any violation has occurred, or replicate any judgment on behalf of the Committee.”
The New York lawmaker’s workplace mentioned in a press release to USA TODAY that “The Congresswoman has all the time taken ethics extremely severely, refusing any donations from lobbyists, firms, or different particular pursuits.
“We’re assured that this matter shall be dismissed,” Ocasio-Cortez’s workplace added.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Home Ethics Committee for extra data.
The committee’s performing chairwoman is Rep. Susan Wild, D-Penn., and its performing rating member is Michael Visitor, R-Miss. Different committee members embody Democratic Reps. Dean Phillips, Minn.; Veronica Escobar, Texas; and Mondaire Jones, N.Y. Its Republican members embody Reps. Dave Joyce, Ohio; John H. Rutherford, Fla.; and Kelly Armstrong, N.D.
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The committee earlier this week discovered Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., benefitted financially whereas buying a cryptocurrency he promoted.
“Whereas cryptocurrency promotion, notably of a ‘meme coin,’ could also be a novel difficulty earlier than the committee, whether or not a member might promote an asset through which that member has a monetary curiosity will not be a novel query,” the committee wrote in a report.
The committee directed Cawthorn to pay $14,237.49 to charity. He deliberate to make donations to a spinal wire and paralysis remedy middle and a gun-rights group, his spokesperson Micah Bock, instructed the Related Press.
Contributing: The Related Press
