Ethics Committee Continues to Review Michele Bachmann

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s failed presidential campaign continues to be under scrutiny, as the U.S. House Ethics Committee announced Sept. 11 it conducting “further review” of a June referral.

The press release from the Ethics Committee continued by stating it “does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred, or reflect any judgment on behalf of the Committee.”

“The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) had referred a handful of complaints against Bachmann to the Ethics Committee over the summer, including those relating to potential payments to a campaign consultant through an outside political group and whether her campaign unduly promoted a book tour for her ‘Core of Conviction’ memoir, or vice versa,” according to MinnPost report.

Instead of determining an investigative subcommittee was needed to review the matter further, the Ethics Committee said it would continue to “gather facts on Bachmann’s case and gave no timetable for when that process could end,” according to a MPR report.

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Read more:

• Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Michele Bachmann (Committee on Ethics)
• Ethics Committee sets aside Bachmann investigation (MinnPost)
• Bachmann ethics probe: 5 details from the latest document dump (MPR)
• Bachmann ethics probe announcement stirs little in Minnesota (St. Cloud Times)