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Johnson had cousin act as ‘guarantor for an £800,000 credit facility’ while PM, reports

A spokesman for Boris Johnson said all the former Conservative leader’s finances ‘are and were properly declared’

Evening Standard

Voters have few options to remove George Santos from Congress – aside from waiting until the next election

There are mounting calls from both politicians and voters to force the newly elected apparent fabulist U.S. Rep. George Santos from Congress following revelations he fabricated his background and other details of his life.

The Conversation

Legal woes grow for George Santos as another watchdog files FEC complaint

WASHINGTON — The troubles keep piling up for serial prevaricator George Santos, the freshman representative whose alleged misuse of campaign funds now has another government accountability group asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate.

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Legal woes grow for George Santos as another watchdog files complaint

The troubles keep piling up for serial prevaricator George Santos, including new allegations filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Roll Call

Lawmakers set to press Supreme Court on ethics standards

WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and other Democrats plan to push for new ethical standards for the Supreme Court in the next two years, even as the Republican control of the House may make that more difficult.

Tribune News Service

Julianna Goldman: Republicans in Congress have an ethics problem

Republicans voted near-unanimously this week to weaken ethical oversight in Congress. It’s not the best look for the new House majority, but it doesn’t seem to care.

Tribune News Service

Ethics group urges tougher Swiss action over money-laundering

Swiss prosecutors should enforce laws against money-laundering more effectively as the country remains a soft touch for corporate financial corruption, an ethics group said on Friday.

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Editorial: Drain the swamp? McCarthy’s House rules could weaken ethics oversight

After Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the House by his fellow Republicans last week — on the 15th ballot and after making concessions to hard-right members of his party — he offered a rosy preview of Republican control. The speaker said that under his leadership the House would end…

Los Angeles Times

Guide to House committee chairs for 118th Congress - Roll Call

These Republicans will use their gavels to advance a conservative agenda and ramp up probes of the Biden administration.

Roll Call

GOP's top agenda: Protecting Trump

Yeah, the GOP is coming for Biden, but the new House majority's No. 1 job is shielding Trump from accountability

Salon

Golden Globes best moments: From Fabelmans and Banshees to Cate Blanchett's win, plus the jaw-dropping one-liners — as it happened

The Golden Globes made a rowdy return to television after a year in the wilderness, with tearjerking wins, shock losses and some truth bombs aimed squarely at the organisers — as it happened.

ABC News

Lightfoot’s ‘No. 1 cheerleader’ in City Council rethinking support over mayor’s failure to call after he accidentally shot himself

Ald. Derrick Curtis (18th) said his second thoughts stem from Lightfoot’s “coldness” toward him, including her not contacting him after a shooting accident last fall.

Chicago Sun-Times

Santos probe sought by Democrats over House ethics

The House Ethics Committee has been asked to investigate Rep. George Santos

The Independent UK

House Democrats ask ethics panel to probe Santos’ financial disclosures

WASHINGTON — Two New York Democratic House members filed a complaint Tuesday with the House Ethics panel against fellow Empire State Rep. George Santos, a Republican who has found himself mired in scandal since winning his seat in November.

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Salon

Santos happy GOP gutted ethics office

House Republicans on Monday voted to defang the nonpartisan Congressional Ethics Office investigating its members

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Golden Globes Return Tuesday in a 1-Year Audition

After going dark for a year, the Golden Globes return to the air Tuesday on a one-year audition to try to win back their awards-season perch and relevancy to a Hollywood that shunned the awards after an ethics and diversity scandal. Stars and studios boycotted last year’s ceremony, which NBC…

The Independent UK

House Democrats request ethics probe into George Santos for ‘defrauding Congress and the public’

A letter from two New York representatives follows several complaints from watchdog groups to federal agencies into newly elected lawmaker’s campaign finances

Roll Call

Democrats ask ethics panel to probe Santos’ financial disclosures - Roll Call

Two New York Democrats asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate the personal financial disclosures filed by Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y.

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Bangkok Post

Interior permanent secretary under ethics investigation

The Interior Ministry has set up an ethics committee to investigate permanent secretary Suttipong Juljarern for allegedly insulting and humiliating a junior official during a recent meeting of ministry officials, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Tuesday.

Reason

Brickbat: Do You Know Who I Am?

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission has found that two Detroit judges, Demetria Brue and Debra Nance, violated judicial ethics when they used their positions to try to get a discount on bicycle rentals during a conference on Mackinac Island, threatened to accuse the owner of assault when he refused, and…

The Independent UK

The Golden Globes return Tuesday in a 1-year audition

Tribune News Service

House adopts rules package for the 118th Congress

WASHINGTON — The House on Monday adopted its rules package for the 118th Congress, which includes the return of a controversial rule that would allow a single member to force a vote on ousting the speaker.

Tribune News Service

Ethics group seeks investigation of Rep. George Santos' campaign finances

WASHINGTON — Freshman Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican who became embroiled in scandal after news reports cast doubt on his stated biography and on his campaign expenditures, faced yet another complaint Monday.

The Independent UK

How Republicans are transforming the House in the majority

Lawmakers no longer have to walk through metal detectors before gaining access to the House floor

Roll Call

House adopts rules package for the 118th Congress - Roll Call

The House adopted its rules package for the 118th Congress, allowing a single member to force a vote on ousting the speaker.

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