Posted on 10/07/2015 9:17:17 AM PDT by Theoria
Rep. Alan Grayson filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy accusing the No.2 Republican of using taxpayer dollars to make political attacks against Hillary Clinton.
The Florida Democrat, who himself was the target of two ethics complaints this summer, accused McCarthy and Benghazi Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, of violating "federal law and House rules by using funds appropriated to the Select Committee on Benghazi to oppose the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton," according to the filing.
"This is a clear and unequivocal misuse of appropriated funds for political purposes," Grayson writes in the document, which calls on the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate the two GOP officials specifically and not the committee.
The complaint comes a week after McCarthy, the No. 2 Republican, tied the House panel investigating the Benghazi attacks to a dip in Clinton's poll numbers.
Speaking Wednesday on CNN's "New Day," Grayson called McCarthy "execrable" and accused him of "bragging" about using federal funds for political purposes.
The committee has spent $4.6 million in federal funds over the course of its 17-month investigation and is set to release its final report in 2016.
"It's very simple. You're not supposed to use taxpayer funds for a political witch hunt," Grayson said, adding of the Benghazi controversy, "This is the scandal that never was."
McCarthy, who is vying to become the next House Speaker, made his comments last week on Fox News.
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Surely to goodness they don’t intend to make McCarthy speaker.
There’s a reason they call the Republicans “the stupid party”.
The entire democrat party is lining up to hold back the truth about the treasonous actions at Benghazi.
This is exactly why McCarthy should not be speaker...
Grayson is actually right. McCarthy has invited an ethics complaint, what a flaming idiot. And we are supposed to make him speaker?
Electing lesser evil Republicans who stood by allowing Democrats to pull crap like this on a regular and increasing basis has no downside really. We WON!!!
Thats the important thing. We won. And look at all the wonderful things that came from our victory!
I love Big Republican brother...
This is like the Marquis de Sade complaining about someone being mean. Or Bill Clinton complaining about a sex pervert.
I suspect this is a mistake on the part of Democrats... McCarthy is probably the best option as Speaker for them. If they force an Ethics hearing, there will just be another stream of bad Hillary news opened up.
McCarthy may have just handed Hill the presidency..what a idiot
McCarthy really revealed some serious stupidity issues with his offhand comment about Hillary.
The investigation began rightly about Benghazi, but when Hillary revealed she had a private server, something she had no particular reason to reveal, she in effect confessed to a black letter violation of Title 18, part 1 Chapter 101 section 2071 para b:
(b)Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Grayson is a flaming loon anyway. This is easy to quash.
I’ve wondered if McCarthy’s *slip* was actually done on purpose.
Would. Not. Put. Past. GOPee.
Their faces are on my mind the 4 who died there.
She is not going to get away with this.
Grayson is a creep and is defending the indefensible. But, McCarthy is an idiot for making the statement. Utterly stupid.
Real Speaker of the House material, huh?
“This is exactly why McCarthy should not be speaker...”
And exactly why he will be speaker.
Alan Grayson? Isn’t he in a rubber room by now. Dude’s bat$h!t crazy.
McCarthy’s comments were so stupid that it disqualifies him from the Speakership. The guy’s an idiot.
The absolutely do intend to and will make him Speaker.
They always have.
Maybe the Freedom Caucus should immediately hold a presser that they’re looking into this, as well.
Re-iterate the wrongs of Hellary, but insure McCarthy’s statement is being examined...as actions not to be tolerated. That this is the type of things Freedom Caucus is out to prevent.
Would it help? Or, just give credence to loony Grayson?
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