The Latest Breaking News from Ethics

Under-fire ministers should stand aside during ethics probes, says Tory peer

Lord Young signalled that Nadhim Zahawi should step away from his Conservative Party role during the inquiry.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023

Nadhim Zahawi allows HMRC to pass his tax details to PM’s ethics adviser

Pressure on Tory Party chair increases as HMRC head says no penalties for ‘innocent errors’

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

State Bar charges John Eastman, lawyer who advised Trump on overturning the election, with ethics violations

LOS ANGELES — The State Bar of California filed disciplinary charges Thursday against Orange County attorney John Eastman, accusing him of multiple ethics violations stemming from his actions while advising then-President Donald Trump on how to overturn the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 27, 2023

Nadhim Zahawi gives HMRC approval to speak to investigation into his tax affairs – as it happened

Tory chairman announces decision amid continued row over his tax affairs

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023

Here’s how George Santos could still be removed from office

The House Ethics Committee and Santos’s own colleagues could have the final say

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Greedy Tories? That rings a (Steve) Bell

Brief letters: Conservative plutocrats | Politicians’ replies | Allotment radicalism | Tory ethics | Wild-camping Wombles?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023

PMQs: Rishi Sunak told ‘failure to sack Nadhim Zahawi shows how weak he is’ after tax controversy

Rishi Sunak faced a barrage of questions over Nadhim Zahawi’s tax dispute from Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer during Prime Minister’s Questions. Despite the PM’s spokesperson saying last week that Mr Zahawi had already addressed the matter in full, Mr Sunak admitted earlier this week that there are “questions that need…

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2023

Under-fire Nadhim Zahawi telling MPs he 'hasn't done anything wrong', says Tory

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ordered his ethics chief Sir Laurie Magnus to launch an investigation into Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs as he scrambles to quell a fresh Tory sleaze row

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023

McCarthy says Santos can be removed, but only for crimes

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said George Santos, the embattled freshman representative from New York, could be removed from office if the chamber’s Ethics Committee determined that he had broken the law — but not until then.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

McCarthy says Santos will be removed from Congress if probe finds he broke law

The Ethics Committee will decide Santos’ fate, the speaker said.

Axios · Jan 25, 2023