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Since 2020, published investigations and reporting show , and multiple MAGA-affiliated politicians and influencers have faced separate allegations of sexual misconduct and child-exploitation-related c...
Available reporting shows multiple allegations and investigations have touched Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez (AOC) over the years, but authoritative agencies have not produced criminal findings that s...
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) reviewed allegations that Representative Ilhan Omar omitted required information from her financial disclosures and may have received an advance royalty paymen...
Adam Schiff has been the subject of a House censure resolution that directs the House Committee on Ethics to investigate his conduct, and a separate federal criminal probe reported to have stalled for...
Ilhan Omar is the credited author of a 2020 memoir, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman (Dey Street/Hurst), and is listed as author on library and bookseller site...
Multiple distinct ethics complaints and congressional censure resolutions filed or publicized against Adam Schiff have alleged two broad categories of misconduct: that he repeatedly misled the America...
The bipartisan House Committee on Ethics closed its two‑year investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell in May 2023 and “will take no further action,” effectively making no finding of wrongdoing related to...
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) report said investigators had reason to examine whether Representative Ilhan Omar “may have received an advance payment on royalties” related to her memoir and...
Federal law and congressional rules require members of Congress to swear allegiance to the Constitution — most commonly via the statutory oath in 5 U.S.C. § 3331 and the group oath administered on the...
Adam Schiff has been the target of multiple congressional resolutions seeking censure or referral to ethics investigators, and outside groups have urged formal probes, but the reporting provided shows...
Yes — Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of multiple ethics complaints in Congress; the most concrete Office of Congressional Ethics review stemming from a December 2021 referral examined allegation...
A small set of high-profile U.S. political figures have active federal indictments—most notably former President Donald Trump and Hunter Biden—while hundreds of other federal, state and local official...
Documents and reporting cited here point to several high‑profile public officials and senior aides recently implicated in various probes: U.S. congressional ethics cases including Representative Troy ...
A private citizen confronting a sitting member of Congress can trigger criminal, civil, and congressional-ethics consequences as well as ethical and political backlash; criminal risks include assault ...
The bipartisan House Committee on Ethics closed its two‑year inquiry into Rep. Eric Swalwell’s interactions with a suspected Chinese operative and “will take no further action,” according to a letter ...
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) based on available OCE listings and public records; Pelosi instead helped create the OCE in 2008 as part of ethics reform. Public OCE investigation lists from ...
Members of Congress must disclose a broad set of financial information covering assets, income, liabilities, transactions, gifts, travel, outside employment, and campaign finance, primarily using the ...
Ilhan Omar has been publicly connected to a pandemic-era food program fraud investigation through appearances, campaign donations, and associations with people who pleaded guilty, but no public eviden...