Congress just committed a 'New Years Eve ethics massacre': watchdog
Raw StoryDaniel Schuman, the executive director of the American Governance Institute and a former legislative attorney for the Congressional Research Service, is flagging a new change being enacted by the House Ethics Committee that he says amounts to a "New Year's Eve ethics massacre." "Under the cover of the New Years' holiday, Ethics Committee Democrats and Republicans pulled a fast one, legalizing a money laundry so blatantly corrupt it would embarrass Walter White," Schuman contends. "Accordingly, the Ethics Committee decided it would not punish Members who converted those funds unless there was evidence 'that any Member intentionally misused campaign funds for their personal benefit.'" Later in his piece, Schuman took a broader critique of the way the House Ethics Committee selectively pushes investigations, lending some credence to former Rep. Matt Gaetz's claims that he was selectively targeted. "