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UnresolvedBribery & Corruption

making illegitmate campaing disbursements and expenditures and omitting required information on financial disclosure forms

Troy E. Nehls
Troy E. Nehls
RepublicanTX-22 · Representative
December 11, 2023
First Reported
Ongoing
Status
5 months
Duration
2
Actions Taken

What Happened

In late 2023, the Office of Congressional Ethics found that Rep. Nehls may have made illegitmate campaign disbursements and expenditures and omitted required information on financial disclosure forms. It also found that Nehls and his staff and associates refused to cooperate with the investigation.

Timeline

December 11, 2023Office of Congressional Ethics

found probable cause to believe that Rep. Nehls may have converted campaign committee funds to personal use and failed to disclose required information in his annual House financial disclosure statements and recommended that the House Committee on Ethics issue subpoenas.

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May 10, 2024House Committee on Ethics

extended the matter

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Data: GovTrack.us Misconduct Database (CC0 public domain)