Jackson Under Ethics Probe Over Campaign Finance

June 25, 2024 Republicans, Trump cultists

The Texas Tribune reports:

U.S. Reps. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, and Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, are under investigation for using campaign funds for private club memberships in a potential violation of campaign finance rules, according to reports released Monday by Congressional investigators.

Jackson spent nearly $12,000 since 2020 on membership at the tony Amarillo Club, and Hunt spent over $74,000 between April 2022 and January 2024 at the Post Oak Hotel, including membership fees at its exclusive Oak Room club, according to the reports.

The Office of Congressional Ethics approved the reports in March, sending them to the House Ethics Committee for investigation. The OCE is made up of nonpartisan professional staffers who recommend ethics inquiries to the House Ethics Committee.

CNBC reports:



In both reports, the office said it found “substantial reason to believe” that each congressman “converted campaign funds” from their campaign committees “to personal use,” or or that their committees “expended funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.”

Jackson, who prior to joining Congress in 2020 served as White House physician under then-Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, was previously accused by the OCE of misusing campaign donations at the Amarillo Club.

In the two-plus years since the House Ethics Committee unveiled those allegations, Jackson’s campaign has “continued to make consistent payments to the Amarillo Club,” according to the report revealed Monday.

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