House Ethics Watchdog: 'Substantial Reason To Believe' Collins Broke Law
Source: Talking Points Memo
By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published OCTOBER 12, 2017 3:04 PM
A congressional ethics watchdog released a report Thursday that found Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) may have broken ethics rules and federal law with actions he took as a board member of the biotech firm Innate Immunotherapeutics.
The independent Office for Congressional Ethics (OCE), which may investigate allegations against lawmakers and refer its findings to the House Ethics Committee, found there is “substantial reason to believe” Collins shared nonpublic information about the purchase of Innate stock with investors and that he took official actions to help Innate: two National Institutes of Health employees told OCE that Collins asked an NIH employee to help Innate with a clinical trial.
It asked that the House Ethics Committee further review those two actions. The watchdog said it did not find substantial reason to believe that Collins purchased discounted stock, however.
The House Ethics panel said Thursday that it was again extending a review of the allegations against Collins.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/office-congressional-ethics-chris-collins-may-have-broken-law
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I am sensing a pattern here 
You know, it is bad enough that they are corrupt and hypocritical, but they are also stupid enough to get caught, time and time again. The real problem, however, is the people who keep voting for them. Democracy cannot work if a large percentage of the populace is poorly educated.
thought this was about Susan Collins! 
