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John Hickenlooper violated ethics laws twice in 2018, commission finds

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PeteS in CA:
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/06/05/hickenlooper-ethics-contempt-us-senate/

John Hickenlooper violated ethics laws twice in 2018, commission finds


--- Quote ---Former Gov. John Hickenlooper violated state ethics laws when he allowed large corporations to cover the cost of a private jet trip to Connecticut, a Maserati limousine ride, and several ritzy dinners in 2018, the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission ruled Friday.

The commission considered six allegations against Hickenlooper. The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate was found to have not violated Amendment 41, the state’s ban on gifts to public officials, in four instances.

Hickenlooper testified for several hours Friday morning after the commission found him to be in contempt Thursday for refusing to comply with a subpoena. His attorney had argued that the subpoena was a violation of his due process rights, in part because the video conferencing program is glitchy, but Friday’s testimony occurred without technical difficulty.
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PeteS in CA:
https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/06/11/hickenlooper-ethics-convictions-clearly-gop-plot/

Hickenlooper: My Ethics Convictions Were Clearly A GOP Plot


--- Quote ---Last week we looked at former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s conviction on ethics violations and how that might impact his chances of securing the Democratic nomination in the upcoming Senate race. Hickenlooper is an experienced politician with plenty of years in this game under his belt. How did he manage to mess up badly enough to have the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission find him guilty on multiple ethics charges? The press has been pestering him for an answer on this issue, and now we have it. It’s all the fault of the Republicans. (Free Beacon)


--- Quote ---Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper characterized his conviction on ethics violations as Republican “smear attacks” during a primary debate Tuesday night.
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“These allegations were waged by a dark-money Republican group and they’re going to lay attacks and millions of dollars of smear ads against whoever the Democratic candidate is,” said Hickenlooper said…
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission is "a dark-money Republican group"? Regardless of who accused Hickenloopy, it was this commission that investigated the accusation and found it accurate and a violation of CO law.

Hoodat:
Ethics laws do not apply to Democrats, silly.

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