Al Franken to be investigated by toothless Senate panel
by Susan Ferrechio | Nov 21, 2017, 12:01 AM
The Senate Ethics Committee that will examine the actions of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Al Franken, D-Minn. — and possibly Roy Moore if the Republican wins his Senate race in Alabama next month — has rarely taken significant action to punish lawmakers, and has only moved to oust people if they are convicted of a serious crime or are a member of the Confederacy.
That history shows it's nearly impossible to get kicked out of the Senate, and that the panel isn't likely to punish Menendez, Franken, or Moore, according to some watchdog organizations.
“I would not expect any action to come out of the Senate Ethics Committee on any of these charges,” said Craig Holman, Government Affairs lobbyist for the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. “The Senate Ethics committee is not only very slow, it is dysfunctional and fairly secretive. We really don’t know what is going on when it comes to ethics enforcement the Senate, except for the fact that very little is going on.”
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