An ethics watchdog organization asked the House Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate Florida Rep. Charlie Crist (D) for allegedly abusing the proxy vote process.
Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesAn ethics watchdog organization asked the House Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate Rep. Charlie Crist for allegedly abusing the proxy vote process.
However, Crist has cited this House policy as the reason for voting by proxy over 100 times between January to April 7. During this period, Crist only voted in person 18 times over four days in March. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust , a nonprofit organization founded by former President Donald Trump’s once Acting Attorney General Matthew Whittaker, argued the real reason Crist used proxy voting 107 times was due to his ongoing gubernatorial campaign in Florida.However, contrary to Crist’s statement to the House Clerk, it is evident that the true reason he is voting by proxy and virtually attending committee hearings is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FACT supplemented its complaint with multiple examples of Crist voting by proxy while he was on the campaign trail in Florida.
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