Ethics complaint alleges steamy relationship between Cawthorn, male staffer
Madison Cawthorne, left, with his staff member Stephen Smith. A federal super PAC created in western North Carolina for the express purpose of getting North Carolina’s homophobic U.S.
Representative Madison Cawthorn “fired” from Congress today filed an ethics complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics asking that the agency investigate Cawthorn for a host of alleged ethical violations, including an illicit relationship between 26-year-old Cawthorn and a 23-year-old male staffer, Stephen Smith.
Submitted with the complaint is video of the two young men in a car, apparently shot by Smith, in which Cawthorn, sitting behind the wheel, talks about wanting to see “a naked body beneath my hands.” Smith responds, “Me too!” And the two laugh as Smith videos his hand reaching over to touch Cawthorn’s crotch. The UK’s Daily Mail broke the story tonight, and the video is posted on the DailyMail.co.UK website. A photo leaked earlier this month show Cawthorn, apparently drunk, dressed in women’s lingerie.
Cawthorn has often spoken out against the transgender community. The video is just one of several exhibits submitted today (Thursday, April 28) by American Muckrakers PAC, Inc. (on stationary with a logo at the top reading “Fire Madison Cawthorn”) as part of the ethics complaint against Cawthorn.
