Watchdog Group Files Ethics Complaint Against Lucy McBath

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) has called for the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-06) “for improperly soliciting and accepting free congressional office space from the City of Brookhaven, Georgia.”

House ethics rules dictate that members of Congress cannot solicit “anything of value,” which includes office space. FACT contends that Lucy McBath actively solicited free office space, which was confirmed by the Mayor of Brookhaven.

Free Beacon: “FACT’s complaint centered on a Facebook comment in February by Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst, who was responding to a man sharing a Reporter Newspapers article in February about the free space. Ernst said McBath’s office “approached Brookhaven” because her district office—now in Sandy Springs—was not set up yet.”

Read the full complaint here.