OCE Referral Regarding Rep. Alex Mooney
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On July 23, 2021, the Office of Congressional Ethics transmitted a referral to the Committee on Ethics of the United States House of Representatives regarding Rep. Alex Mooney.
Nature of the Review
Rep. Mooney’s campaign committees reported campaign disbursements that may not be legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes. If Rep. Mooney converted campaign funds from his campaign committees to personal use, or if Rep. Mooney’s campaign committees expended funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes, then Rep. Mooney may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.
Rep. Mooney may have omitted required information from his Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) candidate committee reports. If Rep. Mooney failed to disclose required information in his FEC candidate committee filings, then he may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.
OCE Recommendation
The Board recommended that the Committee further review the above allegation concerning Rep. Mooney because there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Mooney converted campaign funds from his campaign committees to personal use, or Rep. Mooney’s campaign committees expended funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.
The Board recommended that the Committee further review the above allegation concerning Rep. Mooney because there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Mooney failed to disclose required information in his FEC candidate committee filings.
Committee Action
On October 21, 2021, the Committee on Ethics released a statement indicating it would continue to gather information necessary to complete its review. The Committee published the OCE report and findings and announced the allegations would be further reviewed pursuant to Commitee Rule 18(a).