The House Committee on Ethics announced Wednesday it will launch its own probe into federal foreign influence and bribery charges filed against Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar.
Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., will lead the investigative subcommittee, while Rep. Glenn F. Ivey, D-Md., will serve as ranking member. Reps. Ben Cline, R-Va., and Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., will also serve on the subcommittee.
The aim is “to determine whether Representative Cuellar solicited or accepted bribes, gratuities, or improper gifts; acted as a foreign agent; violated federal money laundering laws; misused his official position for private gain; and/or made false statements or omissions on public disclosure statements filed with the House,” the committee said in a statement.
