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Ethics panel probes Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s Met Gala invites
Axios ^ | 21 Nov 2022 | Andrew Solender

Posted on 11/22/2022 2:32:34 AM PST by blueplum

The House Ethics Committee is investigating whether Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) improperly solicited invitations to the Met Gala, a newly released report reveals....

..."These efforts to gain free attendance may implicate the prohibition on solicitation of gifts under federal law and House rules," the report says....

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: carolynmaloney; graft; metgala

1 posted on 11/22/2022 2:32:34 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

must have done somebody wrong


2 posted on 11/22/2022 2:41:58 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: blueplum
Not one of the beautiful people.


3 posted on 11/22/2022 2:49:26 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: blueplum

From the article:

” [Her lawyers] argued her attendance at the Met Gala falls under an exception to House rules concerning gifts to members of Congress for “widely attended” events.”

https://www.vogue.com/article/everything-to-know-met-gala-guide
The event usually hosts around 600 attendees.


600 = Widely attended LOL


4 posted on 11/22/2022 2:57:39 AM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: Doctor Congo

BTW: The event is more secret than a Bilderberg meeting.

https://www.vogue.com/article/everything-to-know-met-gala-guide
What happens at the Met Gala?

In short: it’s a secret. For this reason, guests must abide by the no phone (and, therefore, no social media) policy.


5 posted on 11/22/2022 3:01:43 AM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: blueplum
I guess She got over the Subway Shooting Deaths of Her Hubbie and Son that
she Politicized for Great Wealth .
6 posted on 11/22/2022 3:24:54 AM PST by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evi)
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To: Libloather

At least as beautiful as Hillary


7 posted on 11/22/2022 3:33:12 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: blueplum

Hmmm, did FTX get invited?


8 posted on 11/22/2022 3:42:58 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: ncalburt

Different Carolyn, and it was the Long Island Railroad.


9 posted on 11/22/2022 3:45:45 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: blueplum

She’s gone in January. Her last grasp at sucking up the benefits of public office for herself.


10 posted on 11/22/2022 3:51:36 AM PST by chuckee
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