WASHINGTON — Monthly dues paid by Texas GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson’s campaign to a private social club in Amarillo, Texas “likely implicates the prohibition against personal use of campaign funds,” the Office of Congressional Ethics has concluded.
Documents collected by the nonpartisan ethics office and released Monday show Jackson joined the Amarillo Club, located in his congressional district, in October 2020 and used campaign funds to pay for a $649 membership and application fee. Jackson’s campaign committee, Texans for Ronny Jackson, made regular dues payments to the club.
“Since joining, Rep. Jackson’s campaign committee has made regular monthly dues payments of $175.37 to the Amarillo Club. Between October 2020 and September 2021, the campaign committee made eleven monthly dues payments to the club, totaling $1,929.07,” according to the OCE report.
