Cori Bush (D) hit with ethics complaint re: abuse of government resources for her campaign

Squadette and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO-BLM-LGBTQ+1) faces an ethics complaint that alleges she used government resources for campaign purposes. This, of course, is in violation of House rules, but since when did rules matter to the left?

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) lodged the complaint on Thursday with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) asking for a prompt investigation as to whether Bush misused government resources from a campaign social media account, and thus violated the rules.

[H/T Fox News Digital]

"Rep. Bush's abuse of official resources for political purposes shows a flagrant disregard for the law," FACT executive director Kendra Arnold told Fox News Digital. "These laws and ethics rules are in place to maintain the integrity of official proceedings, so members cannot leverage them for political advantage." 

"The violation we have documented in our complaint is clear and obvious, and after confirming through investigation, we hope the OCE moves swiftly to impose the proper penalty," Arnold told the outlet. 

FACT's complaint states that Bush "disrupted official House proceedings with outrageous and unprofessional behavior and then campaigned and fundraised off of it." 

But at least she didn't go all out anti-Israel at the time.

On July 31st, Bush promoted a C-SPAN video from her campaign's Twitter account showing her on the House floor shouting about "racist bills" as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise spoke. In the tweet, Bush added that the bills are also "sexist, patriarchal, xenophobic, classist, homophobic, and transphobic."

Of course the bills are nothing like she accused them of being, but nevertheless, Bush posted a link to donate to her campaign and that's the case against her.

House ethics rules prohibit congressional members from using official resources for campaign or political purposes and FACT noted that  "official resources" are anything taxpayers fund, including photographs and video from the House floor or committee proceedings.

In addition, politicians are to keep campaigns, official websites and social media accounts separate.

"The legal violation in this case is obvious and there are no facts that can excuse it—Bush used official House proceedings and resources for political purposes," the complaint states. "Video of official house floor proceedings is an official resource, and both using it for political purposes and posting it on a campaign social media account are violations of the ethics rules."

"It is irrelevant that Bush obtained this video from CSPAN because a Member cannot use official footage even if it is obtained or reposted from another entity," it continues. "The fact that Bush uses this video on her campaign social media account and directly fundraises off of it shows a complete disrespect for the law."

But due to Bush's Democratic Party affiliation, the worst outcome for her will likely be a rolling of the eyes and a clucking of the tongue by fellow socialists.



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Messages show Tlaib asked campaign for personal money

Famous for screaming that she plans to "impeach the mother****er!" [referring to the President of the United States], Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has her own problems. Internal messages were discovered allegedly sent in 2018 in which she asked her congressional campaign for personal money.

This is a potential crime. People don't contribute to political campaigns to buy groceries and pay the rent for candidates.

The announcement came in response to a referral that the committee received from the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), which alleges that: “Rep. Tlaib’s campaign committee, Rashida Tlaib for Congress, reported campaign disbursements that may not be legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes. If Rep. Tlaib converted campaign funds from Rashida Tlaib for Congress to personal use, or if Rep. Tlaib’s campaign committee expended funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes, then Rep. Tlaib may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.”

Fortunately for her, nothing will likely happen because people in Congress and Hillary Clinton, are above the law. In other words, the law means as much to them as the white line on a road in India means to traffic.

The OCE recommends that Tlaib be investigated “because there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Tlaib converted campaign funds from Rashida Tlaib for Congress to personal use or Rep. Tlaib’s campaign committee expended funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.”

“I am struggling financially right now. … I am sinking,” Tlaib wrote on April 4, 2018, later adding, “So I was thinking the campaign could loan me money, but Ryan said that the committee could actually pay me. I was thinking a one time payment of 5k.”

Hey, she's a progressive, so the money is owed her for her position in government.

In another email dated April 27, 2018, Tlaib wrote, “I am just not going to make it through the campaign without a stipend. With the loss of a second income to lean back on, I am requesting $2,000 per two weeks but not exceeding $12,000. The cost of living stipend is going towards much needed expenses due to campaigning that includes car maintenance, child care and other necessities.”

Poor baby.

Tlaib is no stranger to controversy as she has repeatedly been in the national spotlight over her anti-Semitic beliefs and statements. She was banned from entering Israel, along with her "squadette" buddy, Ilhan Omar (D-MN) this summer, "stating that the two far-left members of Congress planned to harm Israel, increase incitement against it, and planned to meet with organizations that have expressed support for terrorism against it,” The Daily Wire reported.

Hopefully something will come from this and justice will be done. Maybe we can impeach the mother.


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Judicial Watch files ethics complaint against Adam Schiff[less]

Judicial Watch, a conservative government transparency group filed an official complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics against House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Monday.

The complaint alleges that Schiff, (the guy who Greg Gutfeld says looks like Woody from "Toy Story")  acted inappropriately when he met with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson and with Michael "I'd Take a Bullet for Trump" Cohen, the former Trump attorney, before their congressional hearings.

Last week, the Daily Wire discussed Schiff’s “nagging ethics questions,” pointing out that his meeting with Simpson has the appearance of impropriety, as it took place before Simpson testified about his involvement in the alleged Russian collusion narrative and his role in the FBI’s previous investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

The article was published just before it was discovered that Schiff met with Cohen for a total of 10 hours before Cohen testified before the House regarding what he knows about other alleged crimes committed by President Donald Trump.

While the JW complaint focuses on the two meetings, it also noted that Schiff appears to leak confidential information to the media during closed-door testimony. Multiple sources have reported that Schiff will leave the room during testimony, and a few minutes later, a “scoop” would appear on CNN reporting on something from the meeting. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) said Schiff also left the room during Donald Trump Jr.’s closed-door testimony and CNN got a "scoop" once again. Former staffer Donny Ferguson said Schiff did this during Benghazi hearings, and the same thing happened during Cohen’s testimony. 

Whether or not Schiff[less] has a quid pro quo arrangement with the Comedy News Network is not known at this time, but would anybody be surprised if one day Schiff becomes a political analyst [accent on 'anal'] for the network?

“Rep. Schiff has an ethics problem. His and his staff’s irregular communications with anti-Trump witnesses reflect poorly on the credibility of the House and its committees’ investigations,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a press release. 

“It has long been apparent that Rep. Schiff can’t be trusted to lead the Intelligence Committee, so we hope that Democrats on the Ethics Committee stop protecting Mr. Schiff and take action,” Fitton said.

The complaint cites the House Code of Official Conduct and media reports on Schiff’s behavior, but then uses Schiff’s own words against him. In 2017, Schiff demanded then-House Intel Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) recuse himself because he had told Trump about an “incidental collection” of campaign communications.

At the time Schiff wrote that “I believe the public cannot have the necessary confidence that matters involving the president’s campaign or transition team can be objectively investigated or overseen by the chairman.”

If the foo Schiffs wear it.


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Rep. Farenthold under House Ethics Committee investigation

Rep. Brent Farenthold (R.-Tx.) is now under a House Ethics Committee investigation over allegations that he sexually harassed a former aide and then retaliated when she complained about it.

Last week, Politico reported that a $84,000 taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlement was paid by the Office of Congressional Ethics in 2014 after allegations were made against the congressman.

Now that he's been outed, Farenthold said this week that he will repay the money he misused for his personal legal needs. He didn't exactly put it in those terms, but you get the idea.

"I want to be clear that I didn't do anything wrong, but I also don't want taxpayers to be on the hook for this," the sleazeball said, after letting three years go by before he decided he didn't want the taxpayers to be on the hook.

Drain the swamp.

The historically useless panel will also examine whether  Farenthold discriminated against the staffer on the basis of her gender, and if he retaliated against her for complaining of discriminatory conduct. They will also investigate as to whether he made additional inappropriate statements to other staffers.

Rep. Mia Love (R.-UT) was the second House Republican to call on Farenthold to resign on Thursday after Rep. Barbara Comstock (R.-Va.) was the first.

Bech K. Brunn, chairman of the Texas Water Development Board resigned from his post and appears to be running for Farenthold's seat if he's unseated.


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