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A government-watch group today asked the Senate Ethics Committee to review whether John McCain violated federal law and Senate rules by not disclosing gambling winnings on his Senate financial disclosure reports.
The request for an investigation from The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) comes after articles about McCain’s gambling appearing in the New York Times here, Time magazine here, and The New Yorker magazine here.
The group argues that Federal law and Senate rules require all income to be reported on annual financial disclosure reports.
But McCain reported no income derived from gambling on the personal financial disclosure reports he filed with the Senate between 2000 and 2007.
In contrast, other members of Congress, including Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., all reported winnings on their financial disclosure reports.
CREW’s executive director Melanie Sloan stated in a news release: “Given Sen. McCain’s long history of gambling, the fact that he never included gambling income on his financial disclosure forms suggests he is either the unluckiest gambler ever or, more likely, he failed to report the income.”
Sloan continued, “The Senate Ethics Committee should investigate whether Sen. McCain deliberately failed to report gambling winnings, and if so, the matter should be turned over to the Department of Justice for a criminal investigation.”
Read CREW’s complaint to the Senate Ethics Committee here.
-- Billy House, Media General News Service
The request for an investigation from The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) comes after articles about McCain’s gambling appearing in the New York Times here, Time magazine here, and The New Yorker magazine here.
The group argues that Federal law and Senate rules require all income to be reported on annual financial disclosure reports.
But McCain reported no income derived from gambling on the personal financial disclosure reports he filed with the Senate between 2000 and 2007.
In contrast, other members of Congress, including Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., all reported winnings on their financial disclosure reports.
CREW’s executive director Melanie Sloan stated in a news release: “Given Sen. McCain’s long history of gambling, the fact that he never included gambling income on his financial disclosure forms suggests he is either the unluckiest gambler ever or, more likely, he failed to report the income.”
Sloan continued, “The Senate Ethics Committee should investigate whether Sen. McCain deliberately failed to report gambling winnings, and if so, the matter should be turned over to the Department of Justice for a criminal investigation.”
Read CREW’s complaint to the Senate Ethics Committee here.
-- Billy House, Media General News Service