Senate Democrats file ethics complaint against Hawley, Cruz over Capitol attack
By Jordain Carney - 01/21/21 04:24 PM EST
Seven Senate Democrats are urging the Ethics Committee to open an investigation into GOP Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The senators filed a complaint on Thursday with the committee asking that it probe whether Hawley and Cruz’s objections to the Electoral College results violated the chamber’s ethics rules.
“The Senate Ethics Committee should investigate their conduct to fully understand their role. The actions of which we know demand an investigation and a determination whether disciplinary action is warranted. Until then, a cloud of uncertainty will hang over them and over this body,†the senators wrote.
The group specifically wants the Ethics Committee to probe if the two senators' actions failed to “[p]ut loyalty to the highest moral principles and to country above loyalty to persons, party, or Government department†or if they engaged in “improper conduct reflecting on the Senate†in connection with the attack.
Cruz and Hawley, two potential 2024 presidential contenders, have denounced the mob that breached the Capitol but they’ve also stood by their decisions to object to the Electoral College results from Arizona and Pennsylvania, respectively.
They’ve faced fierce backlash for objecting to Arizona and Pennsylvania’s Electoral College results.
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