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Elissa Slotkin faces ethics complaint over warning to young Trump staffers
Washington Examiner • • nation
Key Points:
- A government watchdog group, the Center to Advance Security in America, has filed a Senate ethics complaint against Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
- The complaint alleges that Slotkin's comments aimed at deterring young people from working for former President Donald Trump crossed from political criticism into threats against public service.
- The complaint was shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner and requests an investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee.
- Senate Ethics Committee Chairman James Lankford (R-OK) and Vice Chairman Chris Coons (D-DE) are being asked to examine whether Slotkin's remarks violated Senate ethical standards.
