House ethics committee continues Rep. Marie Newman probe over alleged job offer to potential rival

Rep. Marie Newman, D-Ill., is the subject of an on-going House ethics probe of whether a job offer was to induce a rival not to run against her. | Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

WASHINGTON – In a politically damaging development for Rep. Marie Newman — locked in a Democratic primary battle with Rep. Sean Casten — the House Ethics Committee on Monday announced it will continue its probe of whether she promised a government job to Iymen Hamman Chehade in exchange for him not running against her in 2020.

The House action follows an Oct. 25 recommendation from the Office of Congressional Ethics — an independent agency — urging the panel to pursue a case against Newman.