Madison Cawthorn lands starring role in his very own ethics investigation
Fresh off the heels of his embarrassing defeat in last week’s North Carolina GOP primary, soon-to-be-ex-congressman Madison Cawthorn just landed a starring role in his very own ethics investigation.Related: Five former campaign volunteers spill the tea about Madison Cawthorn just in time for primary dayThe House Committee on Ethics just announced that it’s launching an inquiry to determine whether the anti-LGBTQ lawmaker was involved in financial improprieties or engaged in an “improper relationship” with a staffer.Related: Lauren Boebert is having a terrible day on Twitter and it’s all Madison Cawthorn’s fault“The Investigative Subcommittee shall have jurisdiction to determine whether Representative Madison Cawthorn may have: improperly promoted a cryptocurrency in which he may have had an undisclosed financial interest, and engaged in an improper relationship with an individual employed on his congressional staff,” the committee said in a statement yesterday.BREAKING: The House Ethics Committee is investigating Madison Cawthorn.
Let's hope they can finish their investigation before he's out of Congress. pic.twitter.com/ywbmwQgxnz— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 23, 2022The committee, which voted unanimously to establish an investigative subcommittee on May 11, stopped short of saying who the staffer is, but its decision to launch the investigation came just weeks after that video surfaced showing Cawthorn getting his crotch rubbed by aide Stephen Smith.The announcement comes less than a week after the young Nazi enthusiast lost his reelection bid in North Carolina after he claimed that he had been invited by his Republican colleagues to a cocaine-fueled orgy in Washington, D.C.
