If you want to check the veracity of this story..start with one name.
I found one.
Jonathan Skladany
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-chaffetz-names-new-committee-staff-director/
Father is/was a lobbyist AND A REPUBLICAN-Barney J. Skladany Jr.
Yep, he’s one of the TWO and part of the “Mormon mafia.”