Comer must face ethics investigation for Biden inquiry fundraising: Democratic group
By
Cami Mondeaux
May 23, 2024 11:04 am
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EXCLUSIVE — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) could face an ethics investigation over allegations the Kentucky Republican is using his high-profile impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden for campaign fundraising.
The Democratic-aligned Congressional Integrity Project sent a request to the Office of Congressional Ethics to determine whether Comer violated House rules by soliciting campaign donations in messaging directly related to his impeachment investigation, according to a letter first shared with the Washington Examiner. Doing so, the group argued, would violate House rules that state solicitations for campaign or political contributions cannot be linked to official duties.
“James Comer cares more about filling his war chest than serving the needs of his constituents,” Kyle Herrig, executive director of the Congressional Integrity Project, said in a statement. “His disastrous reign on Oversight has all been to help two people first and foremost: himself, and Donald Trump. He cannot be trusted to conduct legitimate Oversight while using the Committee and its actions as his own personal campaign advertisement.”
The group pointed to a number of campaign emails sent by Comer that helped the Oversight chairman raise millions of dollars last year while linking many of his solicitations directly to Biden’s impeachment inquiry. The letter specifically cites a fundraising email from March 2024 in which Comer requested donations while “preparing criminal referrals as the culmination of my investigation.”
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