Report: Joe Manchin’s Wife Violated ‘Conflicts of Interest’ Ethics PledgeJordan Dixon-Hamilton 17 Apr 2023
Gayle Manchin, Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) wife and federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), may have violated a “conflicts of interest” ethics pledge by advising an organization with ties to her husband’s campaign, Fox News reported.
President Joe Biden appointed Manchin to the ARC in April 2021, one month after her husband voted in favor of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Manchin receives an annual salary of $160,000 for her position at the ARC, an economic development partnership agency of the federal government and 13 state governments.
Manchin signed an ethics pledge in April 2021, stating she would recuse herself from situations if necessary to “avoid any actual or apparent conflicts of interest.”
However, emails obtained by Fox News reportedly show she advised the nonprofit organization Coalfield Development in October 2021 on a $62.8 million American Rescue Plan grant that ultimately went to an organization with ties to her husband’s campaign.
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