House panels set up to probe indicted GOP Reps. Collins, Hunter
By Juliegrace Brufke - 09/06/18 07:19 PM EDT
The House Ethics Committee voted unanimously Thursday to establish investigative subcommittees to look into Reps. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) and Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) in the wake of their indictments last month.
Collins, who was arrested in early August, faces charges of insider trading and lying to federal agents. Hunter and his wife, Margaret, are being charged with misusing $250,000 in campaign funds and falsifying campaign records. Both lawmakers maintain their innocence.
The special panels will launch probes into whether the congressmen violated the House's official code of conduct. The subcommittee investigating Collins will be led by Reps. Mimi Walters (R-Calif.) and Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), while the investigation into Hunter will be led by Reps. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) and Anthony Brown (D-Md.).
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