Posted on 04/10/2014 11:44:35 AM PDT by PBRCat
Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., said the Office of Congressional Ethics has a pending inquiry against him, triggered most likely by Chicago Sun-Times stories raising questions about spending from his campaign fund and the handling of a $1 million grant, among other issues.
Rush’s “Citizens for Rush” campaign fund has paid $5,000 to the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro for the OCE inquiry, Rush told me.
“I’ve been cooperative,” Rush said. He said he wants the OCE to “affirm” that he has not violated any rules. “I have been just totally, totally cooperative, open and cooperative and I encouraged anybody they wanted to talk to” to be “honest and frank about it.”
In December, a Chicago Sun-Times/Better Government Association probe of Rush by Chuck Neubauer and Sandy Bergo reported that Rush had little to show for a $1 million grant Rush secured from SBC (later rebranded as AT&T) for a non-profit he founded in Englewood.
Neubauer and Bergo also reported that Rush, who is a minister, used money from his campaign fund for his Beloved Community Christian Church and has not reported paying rent for his campaign office, a potential violation of House ethics rules.
The Office of Congressional Ethics is an independent, non-partisan organization “charged with reviewing allegations of misconduct against Members, officers, and staff of the United States House of Representatives and, when appropriate, referring matters to the House Committee on Ethics.”
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Zero results for $1 Million and no accountability.
With a “grant,” the recipient can do whatever he wants. There is no accountability. My question is why did AT&T give him the money. Was is a shakedown like Jesse Jackson used to do to Wall St. firms?
Sounds like something Jay-Z’s wife gets on her dress from Bill Clinton.
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