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House Committee on Ethics · Dec 21, 2017
Statement of the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Blake Farenthold
Statement of the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Blake Farenthold. Issued by the House Committee on Ethics on Dec 21, 2017 (formal investigation), involving Blake Farenthold.
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On December 7, 2017, the Committee announced it had voted to establish an Investigative Subcommittee (ISC) with jurisdiction to determine whether Representative Blake Farenthold violated the Code of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation, or other applicable standard of conduct in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities, with respect to allegations that he, or any person acting on his behalf, sexually harassed a former member of his staff, discriminated against her on the basis of her gender, and retaliated against her for complaining of discriminatory conduct, and allegations that Representative Farenthold made inappropriate statements to other members of his official staff.
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