House Ethics Office: 'Substantial Reason To Believe' Rep. Ronny Jackson Violated Law By Using Campam

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House Ethics Office: ‘Substantial Reason To Believe’ Rep. Ronny Jackson Violated Law By Using Campaign Funds For Personal Expenses

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/05/23/house-ethics-office-substantial-reason-to-believe-rep-ronny-jackson-violated-law-by-using-campaign-funds-for-personal-expenses/?sh=111fb23b3904



Zach Everson Forbes Staff


I’m a staff writer at Forbes, reporting on money and politics.
May 23, 2022,02:39pm EDT

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas)

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) may have illegal used campaign funds to cover a membership at a private club, according to the Office of Congressional Ethics. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty Images

The House Office of Congressional Ethics found “substantial reason to believe” Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) spent campaign funds on personal expenses, according to documents released Monday. 

The accusations into the former White House physician center around his campaign’s payments to the Amarillo Club, a private dining club in Amarillo, Texas. While campaigns can pay private clubs to host specific and verifiable events, the House Ethics Manual explicitly bars them from covering “unlimited access” to a club. As the ethics report points out, disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission show Jackson’s campaign “making consistent payments to the Amarillo Club since October 2020, including various disbursements for ‘dues’ and ‘membership fees.’”

While the report states Jackson, his campaign treasurer and its accountant refused to cooperate with the inquiry, the lawmaker’s attorneys told the committee that all of the payments at issue were legitimate campaign expenses for meeting spaces. A spokesperson for his Congressional office said it had no further comment.


In April, the committee disclosed that it had launched an investigation into Jackson. At the time, the panel did not provide any details about the inquiry............................................


'Substantial reason to believe' Ronny Jackson unlawfully spent thousands in campaign funds on club membership: report

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1. it's why repubs run for office in the first place...

so easy to steal....