Rep. David Schweikert faces new ethics complaint

Published February 15, 2018 2:31am ET



While Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., embraced fiscal conservatism, his chief of staff was not as meticulous. Three months after a Washington Examiner investigation detailed his top staffer’s questionable spending habits, Schweikert now faces a new complaint with the House Office of Congressional Ethics.

The complaint, first reported by the Phoenix New Times, alleges that Oliver Schwab, the congressman’s longtime chief of staff, broke federal law by “receiving earned income in excess of the outside earned income limit for senior staffers.” It also alleges that Schwab made illegal and improper campaign contributions to his boss.

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