Eyewitness News at 4:30am - June 25, 2024U.S. Reps. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, and Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, are under investigation for using campaign funds for private club memberships in a potential violation of campaign finance rules, according to reports released Monday by Congressional investigators.
The House Ethics Committee announced the separate investigations into Jackson and Hunt in May, but details of the allegations were scarce before Monday, when the committee released the OCE reports as part of a procedural requirement to extend their investigations. "This baseless complaint from OCE raises no new information, and despite over two years at the Committee on Ethics it is still being looked into," a Jackson spokesperson said in a statement when the Ethics Committee announced the probe earlier this year. "Once again, Congressman Jackson has nothing to hide, and he and his team have fully complied with the Ethics Committee since the beginning.
Hunt's lawyers point out a past Federal Election Commission opinion that said that social club dues could be permissible if they were strictly for campaign-related activities and not life-style changes, such as an athletic or country club. Unlike the Amarillo Club, the Oak Room doesn't have athletic facilities and is largely a meeting and dining space. The expenses cited in the OCE report were for Hunt's campaign watch party, his lawyers said.
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