A report from the Office of Congressional Ethics says there is “substantial” evidence to suggest that U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo converted campaign finance funds for personal use, according to the Sun Herald.
The OCE report, released this week, accuses Palazzo of using the campaign money to pay for expenses that may not be “legitimate and viable purchases” for campaign and political use in accordance with federal campaign finance laws and other standards and rules.
In addition, the March 1 report said, Palazzo is accused of also performing “official action” to help his brother, Kyle Palazzo.
“If Rep. Palazzo converted campaign funds from Palazzo for Congress to personal use, or if Rep. Palazzo’s campaign committee expended funds that were not attributed to bona fide campaign or political purposes, then Rep. Palazzo may have violated House rules, standards of conduct and federal law,” the OCE said in a statement.
Rep. Steven Palazzo accused of 3 ethics violations, according to findings detailed in report Mississippi Rep. Steven Palazzo committed three ethics violations, according to the findings of a report by the Office of Congressional Ethics. (Source: WDAM) By Lindsay Knowles | March 2, 2021 at 9:15 AM CST - Updated March 3 at 7:27 AM
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi Rep. Steven Palazzo is accused of committing three ethics violations, according to the findings of a report released this week by the Office of Congressional Ethics.
The 47-page report from the OCE released on Monday says the Board found through a unanimous vote of 6-0 that there is substantial reason to believe that Palazzo converted funds to personal use to pay expenses that were not legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.
Rep. Steven Palazzo of Mississippi is being investigated for using campaign funds on his waterfront house.
In 2018, Representative Steven M. Palazzo’s campaign committee entered into a lease with the congressman to rent his house as a campaign headquarters for $3,000 per month.Credit.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
March 2, 2021
The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating a Mississippi congressman for what it called a “concerning pattern” of potentially misusing campaign funds, including spending more than $80,000 on a $1.2 million waterfront house that he was trying to sell.
In a report published on Monday, the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics said it had voted unanimously to recommend that the House Ethics Committee continue to investigate Representative Steven M. Palazzo, Republican of Mississippi, because there was “substantial reason to believe that Rep. Palazzo converted funds to personal use to pay expenses that were not legitimate.”
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