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Dem Sens. Want Ethics Probe Of GOP Election Challengers By By Andrew Kragie Law360 (January 21, 2021, 10:42 PM EST) Seven Democratic senators on Thursday filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee seeking an investigation of Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley over their objections to certifying the presidential election results, arguing they elevated baseless claims that inspired a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol. The Democrats urged a probe and possible action from the ethics panel composed of three senators from each party. The committee can only act based on a majority vote, requiring bipartisan support and making any serious action a long shot. ....
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Seven Senate Democrats Request Ethics Probe Into Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley After Capitol Riot On 1/21/21 at 7:23 PM EST Seven Democrats in the Senate requested an ethics investigation Thursday into Republican Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri in connection with their challenges to the Electoral College vote certification the day a deadly riot broke out at the Capitol. Cruz and Hawley voiced objections to the election results in battleground states on as both chambers of Congress convened January 6 to certify the results of the presidential election. Both Republicans have supported former President Donald Trump, who was impeached for a second time in the House on January 13 for incitement of insurrection in connection with the riot. ....
January 22, 2021 9:04 a.m. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (MO) accused Senate Democrats of trying to “silence dissent” late Thursday when they filed an ethics complaint urging an investigation into his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In a letter to incoming Senate Ethics Committee Chairman Chris Coons (D-DE), and Vice Chairman James Lankford (R-OK), Senate Democrats said that the objection effort by Hawley and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to Electoral College votes from two battleground states won by President Biden “lent legitimacy” to the violent mob of pro-Trump supporters that laid siege on the Capitol. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and a group of six other Senate Democrats, asked for an investigation into the two members to “fully understand their role” as it related to the Capitol attack and to determine if disciplinary action is needed. ....
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