NEW: The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday for using interviews at the Capitol to solicit campaign donations.
on Thursday for using interviews at the Capitol to solicit campaign donations.It's an uncommon move by the panel, which is less active than its House counterpart. The last senator to receive an admonishment was Sen. Bob Menendez in 2018.
The last one before that was former Sen. Tom Coburn in 2012. Fewer than a dozen senators have been admonished since 2002.The letter from Chair Chris Coons and Vice Chair James Lankford cites a Nov. 30, 2022 Fox News appearance Graham made from the Russell Senate Office Building.Herschel WalkerCoons and Lankford wrote that donation requests represent a "repeat violation, citing an Oct.
That matter was investigated by the Ethics Committee but dismissed in March, 2021, according to the panel leaders."The public must feel confident that Members use public resources only for official actions in the best interests of the United States, not for partisan political activity," Coons and Lankford wrote.
"Your actions failed to uphold that standard, resulting in harm to the public trust and confidence in the United States Senate. You are hereby admonished."There isn’t much drama surrounding the admonishment aside from it being historically unusual. It is not accompanied by any material penalty, and Graham self-reported the conduct to the committee, according to the letter."I take responsibility. I will try to do better in the future."
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