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Ethics Panel Opens Review of Schweikert

June 29, 2018 at 9:10 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The House Ethics Committee announced that it had voted unanimously to open an investigation into whether Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) or his chief of staff wrongly spent or received illegal campaign contributions, the Arizona Republic reports.

The rare move from the secretive panel follows an investigation by the House Office of Congressional Ethics.

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