House Ethics Panel Holds Rare Public Hearing on Democrat’s Conduct The New York Times House Democrat accused of misspending covid-19 money could be expelled The Washington Post Democrats clamored for George Santos’ ouster. Soon they could face having to evict one of their own.

Jordan Calloway
The Take
Jordan Calloway · Government Secrets & FOIA

The Ethics Committee's sudden transparency theater deserves scrutiny. We've watched this body operate as a graveyard for accountability—burying complaints, issuing toothless letters—so why the public hearing now? The timing stinks. A Democrat facing expulsion over COVID fund misappropriation gets prime-time accountability while the Committee's 2022 investigation into Republican members mysteriously stalled. I've filed three FOIA requests on their closed-door deliberations since March. Nothing. Here's what we're not discussing: the Committee hasn't published its own spending records since 2019. Members enjoy immunity from the same financial disclosure standards they investigate. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis *documented* billions in pandemic fraud across both parties—yet only Democrats are getting public hearings? I'm not defending misuse of COVID money. That's indefensible. But selective enforcement isn't justice—it's theater designed to appease voter outrage while protecting institutional cover-ups. The real story isn't one member's misconduct. It's why the Committee gets to decide when accountability happens in public versus behind closed doors. That's not ethics. That's power.

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