I’ve spent years chasing accountability in Congress. Boebert. Cawthorn before her. This morning it landed in my own backyard.
Chuck Edwards is my congressman. NC-11, Western North Carolina, the mountains I live in. Today the House Ethics Committee, chaired by a Republican, recommended the full House censure him over his conduct toward two young female staffers. One was 19 when she started working for him. Censure means standing in the well of the House while the Speaker reads your shame out loud. Only expulsion is worse.
And here’s the part most outlets will skip: Edwards filed a 14-page counterattack written by Stanley Brand, one of the most experienced ethics lawyers in Washington. It doesn’t deny the gifts or the trips or the letters. It says the Committee broke its own rules to get him.
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Full report: https://muckrakers.today/docs/edwards-ethics-committee-report.pdf
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