House Ethics Committee finds McMorris Rodgers misused official resources
The House Ethics Committee found Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) misused official resources, according to a report released Thursday.
The report found that McMorris Rodgers’s office showed “indifference” to the regulations mandating the use of official and unofficial resources with abuses, lasting longer than a five-year period. The committee instructed McMorris Rodgers to pay the U.S. Treasury at least $7,500 as reimbursement.
“This indifference led to myriad instances of resources being used inappropriately,” the report reads. “While in some of those instances, the misuse appeared to be a minor deviation from expected conduct, at other times the impropriety was more severe.”
The committee wrote that McMorris Rodgers was not aware of the “full extent” of the misconduct, but she “still bears responsibility” for her office.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/475378-house-ethics-committee-finds-mcmorris-rodgers-misused-official-resources
