Fresh off the heels of his embarrassing defeat in last week’s North Carolina GOP primary, soon-to-be-ex-congressman Madison Cawthorn just landed a starring role in his very own ethics investigation.
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The House Committee on Ethics just announced that it’s launching an inquiry to determine whether the anti-LGBTQ lawmaker was involved in financial improprieties or engaged in an “improper relationship” with a staffer.
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“The Investigative Subcommittee shall have jurisdiction to determine whether Representative Madison Cawthorn may have: improperly promoted a cryptocurrency in which he may have had an undisclosed financial interest, and engaged in an improper relationship with an individual employed on his congressional staff,” the committee said in a statement yesterday.
BREAKING: The House Ethics Committee is investigating Madison Cawthorn. Let's hope they can finish their investigation before he's out of Congress. pic.twitter.com/ywbmwQgxnz
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 23, 2022
The committee, which voted unanimously to establish an investigative subcommittee on May 11, stopped short of saying who the staffer is, but its decision to launch the investigation came just weeks after that video surfaced showing Cawthorn getting his crotch rubbed by aide Stephen Smith.
The announcement comes less than a week after the young Nazi enthusiast lost his reelection bid in North Carolina after he claimed that he had been invited by his Republican colleagues to a cocaine-fueled orgy in Washington, D.C. and that he had personally seen leaders from his own party engage in illegal behavior.
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When asked for comment, Cawthorn’s chief of staff Blake Harp said the office welcomes “the opportunity to prove that Congressman Cawthorn committed no wrongdoing and that he was falsely accused by partisan adversaries for political gain.”
Though it’s not totally clear what he was referring to, Cawthorn himself seemed to respond to the investigation on Twitter yesterday afternoon, writing: “Wow–I must still be a problem for the swamp! They’re still coming after me!”
Wow- I must still be a problem for the swamp! ?
They’re still coming after me!
— Madison Cawthorn (@CawthornforNC) May 23, 2022
Here’s what others on Twitter are saying about the whole thing…
So Madison Cawthorn is being investigated for an “inappropriate relationship.” You mean… more inappropriate than raping his cousin’s face? ?
— Oh So Scary Larry ? (@scaryscarylarry) May 24, 2022
I’m starting to believe those sex and cocaine parties exist
— Eugene Stands With Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@EugeneBLM) May 24, 2022
Kevin McCarthy really looked at Madison Cawthorn and said "I want that twink obliterated!"
— C?mrade Manhattan (Morbin')???? (@Comrade4568) May 24, 2022
Cool cool cool but where are ethics investigations for Lindsey Graham, MTG, Matt Gaetz. I could go on but the GOP list is long.
— 🌺🔥🐲Mandy🐲🔥🌺 (@mandymais) May 23, 2022
If you’re feeling down, just remember no one will know who Madison Cawthorn is in two years.
— Erie Siobhan ?? (@ErieNotEerie) May 21, 2022
I love that he said it was unfair to bring things up that happened in his “early 20’s”. You are 26 my dude. Things that you did 2 years ago are fair game.
— Anne Owen (@AnnePalangi) May 24, 2022
"Madison Cawthorn set the record for the shortest term ever served in Congress by a little bitch." – John Oliver
— Duty To Warn ? (@duty2warn) May 23, 2022
Is his cousin’s face considered a staffer?
— BTerrier71 (@DavidSt82967657) May 24, 2022
We are about to see what happens, when an immature personality, like Madison Cawthorn, who wasn't wired too well to begin with, gets a taste of fame, power and money…and then has it snatched away.
— Old Man Lefty (@OldManLefty1) May 22, 2022
Can they do Gaetz? Ever? Someday?
— Cornfed Pork Ghost (@RphBJK) May 23, 2022
Madison Cawthorn and ethics in the same sentence doesn’t require a punchline. It’s just inherently funny.
— JN Hansen (@hansen_jn) May 23, 2022
What is wrong with that staffer?
— JK Weston (@WestonJK) May 23, 2022
ZzBomb
Crypto is a scam and Cawthorn is limp d*ck loser.
What I’d like to know is if the right wing extremist calling for the killing of LGBTQ people during pride month has been reported to the authorities in that other article. It doesn’t say but I sincerely hope they monitor that moron closely.
Kangol2
I’m with you. That White supremacist anti-LGBTQ fanatic appeared to be serious about killing people, so I hope and pray the authorities are taking him seriously. Very seriously.
Mister P
These Republicans have no ethics to investigate. I wouldn’t want to invite one into my home.
Diplomat
The most unethical party investigating the most unethical party. Who knew?
shva08
They wait until he lost his primary and is on his way out of Congress before they finally launch an investigation. Wow! That took guts.
Cam
I was thinking the exact same thing. Where is the investigation into Lauren Boebert for using campaign funds to pay her rent illegally??
BaltoSteve
If I remember correctly, the DOJ’s SOP is supposed to be to hold out releasing investigation information about elected officials around elections to keep from unduly influencing those elections. I wonder if that is what has happened here with the Ethics Committee. On a side note, I wonder if that is the reason the investigation into Gaetz has been on hold.
MISTERJETT
when did republicans get so dumb?
Kangol2
Been happening for decades. But it crystallized around the installation of George W. Bush, one of the worst and most disastrous presidents ever, until Don the Con came along!
GayEGO
How disgusting Cawthorn is, he, along with Marjorie Taylor Green, and Boebert should be expelled from Congress!
johncp56
I want to see him do gay porn, that mouth be good for something
My2CentsWorth
I would find it hard to believe that anyone of the categories that he has gone after really wanting to “enjoy” him in any activity.
If he is homosexual he is double bad. This would be about the same as a Black person (who has to be completely covered in a sheet) becoming one of the leading active Klans members.
yup5hioop
I almost never care about what he does or doesn’t do lying about his friend pulling him from the wreck bothers me the most. I really doubt his friend was Ms. Wilkes. per Misery which would make it ok.