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Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:15 PM Aug 2020

Ethics Committee finds Rashida Tlaib violations were 'bad timing' not 'ill intent'

Source: Politico

The House Ethics Committee found Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) violated campaign finance rules by receiving a campaign salary when she was no longer a congressional candidate — but that she did not have “ill intent” in her actions.

The committee concluded that receiving a portion of her salary from campaign funds following the 2018 general election ran afoul of the Federal Election Campaign Act, according to a report released Friday.

But the committee noted that Tlaib’s error was “one of bad timing and not ill intent.”

“Representative Tlaib engaged in good faith efforts to comply with the relevant FECA requirements,” the panel said. “The Committee did not find that she sought to unjustly enrich herself by receiving the campaign funds at issue.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/rashida-tlaib-campaign-finance-violation-392579

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