There are democratic US senators defendant He voted millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to go to a consulting company owned by his wife.
The Accountability and Citizen Trust Foundation called on the Senate Ethics Committee to “determine whether they violated the Senate ethics rules regarding conflicts of interest” to investigate Democratic Sen. Sheldon White House of Rhode Island. The alleged conflict of interest is linked to funds that benefited Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit related to his wife, Sandra White House.
The facts say the senator's wife was paid a total of $2,686,800 by the Ocean Conservancy either in person or through her consulting company.
The Senator's wife has been president of consulting firm Ocean Winks LLC since 2017 and has been directly employed at Ocean Conservancy as a senior policy advisor since 2008. The complaint says Ocean Conservancy paid the senator's wife through a consulting company.
The White House Senator, known as the Climate Policy Hawk, supported a bill that directly benefits the Ocean Conservancy, which has reportedly received more than $14.2 million in federal grants since 2008. The group received a grant to fund Marine Corps' cleaning efforts.
The facts say the senator's wife was paid a total of $2,686,800 by the Ocean Conservancy either in person or through her consulting company.
The Ocean Conservancy responded to the accusations by denial of fraud.
“Respected marine ecologist and Ocean Policy consultant Dr. Sandra Whitehouse has not received compensation from these federal grants assigned to the Ocean Conservancy,” said Ocean Conservancy. Banshee's Vice President of Foreign Affairs Jeff Watters said in a statement in Fox News Digital. .
He went on to defend the process that determined the grant could go to his group.
“The cleanup of marine debris received from NOAA comes from a law passed with widespread bipartisan support by Ocean Conservancy, and has since been one of hundreds of NGOs to receive funds. We have undergone a competitive independent selection process designated and have been undergoing decades of expertise in dealing with marine debris and protecting the oceans.
Previous ethical complaints about alleged conflicts of interest Submit Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group.
“It appears that the White House Senator has stepped in through the boundaries of standard environmental legislative advocacy and used the Senate office to advance his wife's personal and economic benefits,” said Judicial Watch President Tom. Fitton said.
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