Markwayne Mullin - R ( Congress District 2 ) Ethics Committee investigating
The House Ethics Committee will consider an investigation of Republican congressman Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma.
A spokeswoman for the congressman says Mullin is cooperating with the House Ethics Committee and believes he is in full compliance with all ethics rules.
Ethics Committee chairman Michael Conaway and ranking Democrat Linda Sanchez said Thursday they had received a referral about Mullin from the Office of Congressional Ethics.
The OCE is an outside organization that can refer cases to the House Ethics Committee. The subject of the potential investigation isn't being disclosed.
http://kgou.org/post/house-ethics-committee-considering-investigation-markwayne-mullin
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Why Is the House Ethics Committee Investigating Markwayne Mullin? (Updated)
http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/why-is-the-house-ethics-committee-investigating-markwayne-mullin/
The ethics progress is shrouded in secrecy. Cases are referred to the bipartisan committee by the quasi-independent Office of Congressional Ethics, which has already completed its own inquiry into the matter. Everyone — from OCE board members to Ethics Committee lawmakers to aides for both entities — are bound by strict confidentiality agreements and are notoriously tight-lipped.
In many cases, a member’s alleged misconduct is reported in the press prior to an announcement from the committee that the matter is under formal review after the OCE referral; the incident leading to an investigation might have been widely known, or sources might have leaked information to journalists, which was the case earlier Thursday regarding charges against House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington.
But as of Thursday evening, Mullin did not have such a “paper trail” to contextualize the ethics inquiry.
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Me: He is known as a slimeball in business. I will guess he used campaign funds to bailout his plumbing business.