Ewan Palmer
11/14/23
(Newsweek) End Citizens United, a grassroots progressive political group, has written to the Office of Congressional Ethics and asked them to look into Johnson’s finances over claims he has “blatantly omitted” reportable information and made numerous errors in several of his filings since he was first elected to Congress in 2016.
Tiffany Muller, president of End Citizens United, told The Daily Beast it is “laughable” that Johnson did not report any savings or retirement accounts, while accusing the House Speaker of “clearly violating federal laws” in his financial disclosures.
According to End Citizens United’s complaint, Johnson failed to report at least two separate trips that were paid for by private sources. One, an all-expenses- paid trip to Israel in February 2020 to an event sponsored by the 12 Tribe Films Foundation, cost $17,950. Johnson also allegedly accepted a free trip in April 2022 to Williamstown, Kentucky, which was paid for by Christian fundamentalist group, Answers in Genesis.
“In fact, as noted above, Speaker Johnson has never reported a single asset held by his spouse in any of the eight reports he has filed,” End Citizens United said.