WASHINGTON — Rep. Madison Cawthorn is now under investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Ethics over two questions: whether he engaged in insider trading and twhether he had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer, his scheduler, who also is his second cousin.
The committee declined to investigate Cawthorn, R-N.C., over the charges against him of driving while his license is revoked and speeding.
News of the investigations came Monday afternoon in news releases from the Democratic chairperson and top Republican on the ethics committee.
The news releases stress that just because an investigation has been started does not mean wrongdoing has taken place.
Cawthorn lost the Republican primary election in his Western North Carolina district on May 17 to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, making this his last year in Congress.
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