Despite Schweikert’s denials, new evidence shows Congressman’s office potentially misused taxpayer and campaign resources
Even in conservative radio interviews, Congressman David Schweikert can’t escape questions about his growing ethics problems.
Yesterday, KTAR asked Schweikert about a recent 424-page report by the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics detailing rampant corruption and potential misuse of taxpayer dollars throughout his office. Instead of acknowledging the facts of the report, Schweikert downplayed the investigation, claiming that “What happened is years ago we fired someone and that gentleman apparently spent a year of his life trying to find a way to knife my former chief of staff, so filed all sorts of complaints… They have one group over there they call the OCE… It’s part of the job.”
Schweikert’s wild dodges are nothing new. He’s repeatedly “cast the matter as a bookkeeping issue,” said “he welcomed the scrutiny,” and said “I think we are in good shape.” Yet with building evidence showing that Schweikert’s office spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on frivolous expenses, Schweikert’s denials have become increasingly less credible. As the Arizona Republic reported, “The report is at odds with Schweikert’s efforts since late 2017 to cast the issues as accounting discrepancies.”
“Only a Washington politician like Congressman Schweikert would call a 424-page ethics investigation a ‘part of the job,’” said DCCC Spokesperson Brooke Goren. “The rampant corruption David Schweikert has embraced as an everyday affair is exactly what hardworking Arizona families hate about Washington.”
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