DCCC Chairman Luján Under Ethics Violation Investigation

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján has recently found himself in some hot water.

The DCCC leader is under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics for using his official capacity as a Congressman to fundraise for Democrats from a protest on the House floor.

After losing 4 special elections, this is not welcome news for the DCCC.

Via The Hill:

“Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), are being reviewed by the panel at the recommendation of the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent, bipartisan group that examines ethics complaints and forwards what it considers the most serious cases to the Ethics Committee.

Lujan has been the subject of complaints filed by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a conservative watch-dog group, alleging the DCCC chairman violated ethics rules by soliciting campaign donations following the Democrats’ sit-in on the House floor last June to protest Republican inaction on gun reform.

“They protested for TWENTY-SIX LONG HOURS, but Republicans refused to lift a finger,” read one DCCC solicitation at the time. “We need to get 21,673 more gifts in the door today to kick them out of office.””