Back in October, the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) unanimously recommended that the House Ethics Committee investigate Representative Marie Newman (D., Ill.) “because there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Newman may have promised federal employment to a primary opponent for the purpose of procuring political support.”
The facts the OCE outlined don’t look good for Newman. Promising employment in exchange for political support is a clear violation of both federal law and ethics rules, and investigators have pretty solid documentary evidence that Newman did that.
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