.RepSwalwell faces an ethics complaint over allegations from a right-leaning watchdog that he may have unlawfully 'abused official resources for political purposes.' Swalwell used his campaign's Twitter account to post video in which he blasted RepMTG.
Rep. Eric Swalwell is facing an ethics complaint over allegations from a right-leaning watchdog that the congressman may have unlawfully"abused official resources for political purposes."
Swalwell, in mid-June, used the Twitter account for his campaign to post a roughly 1-minute long video of a congressional hearing in which he blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and displayed his campaign logo.
"The legal violation in this case is obvious and there are no facts that can excuse it," the watchdog's executive director, Kendra Arnold, wrote in the complaint."Swalwell used official House resources and proceedings for political purposes. The video was taken inside a government building and is from a House Committee proceeding, both are official resources.
"The laws at issue in this case are important because not only do they protect taxpayer-funded resources from abuse, they also protect the integrity of official proceedings," Arnold wrote in the complaint."One issue the House Ethics Manual acknowledges is the public perception that incumbents are simply using their office to run for re-election or to run for a higher office, and the reason for that perception is quite evident in Rep. Swalwell’s actions.
Swalwell has frequently come under scrutiny from watchdogs and Republican lawmakers. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy notably removed him in January from the House Intelligence Committee over the California Democrat's reported relationship with a suspected Chinese spy named Christine Fang.He has also been hit with ethics complaints over his campaign spending on childcare, COVID-19 testing, and a musical, records show.
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