The House Ethics Committee said Tuesday it is conducting a further probe of Representative Lori Trahan after investigators found “substantial reason to believe” she violated campaign finance laws in her upset election victory in 2018.
Investigators with the Office of Congressional Ethics found that her husband donated $300,000 to her campaign — far in excess of the $2,700 allowed — and her campaign appears to have “intentionally misreported” the days some donations were made as part of its apparent financial maneuvering.
The Office of Congressional Ethics, in a 16-page report released Tuesday, concluded that although Trahan said her $274,000 income in 2018 from her consulting company, Concire, was sufficient to cover the loan she made to her campaign, her husband was the “true source” of the funds.