Time's up for House Ethics Committee's probe of Rep. Tom Garrett
Chad Pergram
The House Ethics Committee revealed Wednesday that it had run out of time in its investigation into exiting Republican Rep. Tom Garrett of Virginia, who earlier this year was accused of having aides perform duties outside their typical congressional jobs during work hours.
By this point, the committee said it has been unable to complete its probe into the allegations and is set to lose jurisdiction over Garrett on Thursday with the start of the next Congress.
Garrett announced in May, just days after reports on the allegations surfaced, that he would not seek re-election, citing a battle with alcoholism.
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I'm not sure if it was posted, a woman just stepped down from work at the Pentagon as well, because she had some of her staff run errands like picking up dry cleaning and things like that.
