Dem Senator accused of pushing legislation to benefit his wife
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Conservative accountability group Judicial watch issued the complaint which was received by the New York Post, which asked the Senate Ethics Committee to “immediately investigate” Whitehouse because he pushed for legislation that’s in turn benefited his wife’s environmental consulting company.
The group said that there was “strong evidence” that the senator “violated ethics conflicts of interest rules.”
“Senator Whitehouse seems to have stepped over the line of standard environmental legislative advocacy and used his Senate office to advance his and his wife’s personal and financial interests,” Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch said.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) who’s the chairman of the Ethics committee, and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) who’s vice-chair, were also asked to subpoena anyone involved in the scandal if an investigation ends up taking place.
This isn’t Sen. Whitehouse’s first ethical scandal either.
When he was first a senator, he sought after a $22 million federal grant for Deepwater Wind which is an offshore wind organization, according to the Judicial Watch complaint.
Deepwater Wind hired his wife in the role of “permitting consultant” soon after, leading to questions of a conflict of interest.
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His support for Big Wind makes him look like a blowhard. Offshore wind farms have not been the success that many environmentalists hoped for. Many have had operational problems.
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