Walker failed to disclose his sources of income, as is required by federal law
End Citizens United (ECU) filed a complaint with the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division asking for an investigation into Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker. The complaint asks the DOJ to investigate Walker for potentially violating federal law by failing to file an accurate financial disclosure report.
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As a candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, Herschel Walker is required, under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, to properly file an accurate financial disclosure report. That law requires all candidates filing financial disclosure reports to list any and all employment positions they have held in the previous calendar year, or two calendar years for first-time filers like Walker. It also requires candidates to disclose any compensation above $5,000 they received in the two years prior to filing. In Walker’s financial disclosure report, he failed to disclose his position as founder and CEO of H. Walker Enterprises, LLC. The LLC’s website lists Walker as the founder and CEO and has a reported value of between $25 million and $50 million and netted Walker more than $3 million in shareholder income. Campaign finance experts said not listing any compensation above $5,000 given the value of the consulting firm raises red flags and questions on potential conflicts of interests.
“Since launching his Senate campaign, Herschel Walker has embarked on a long pathway of lies–about his business record, his education, and now about his finances, by omitting legally required information on his financial disclosure form,” said End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller. “Because of his failure to submit a fully accurate financial disclosure report, we’re asking the Department Of Justice to investigate if Walker broke the law. He violated public trust with his lies and misleading financial disclosures, and now the DOJ must investigate if Walker is in violation of the law.”
ECU’s complaint states that given Walker’s flagrant failure to properly disclose his position as founder and CEO of a company that bears his own name, as well as his omission of any sources of income above $5,000, the DOJ’s Public Integrity Section must immediately begin an investigation to determine if he violated federal law. An investigation would reveal if Walker intentionally or knowingly omitted information from his financial disclosure, which would be an illegal act under federal law. Under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the U.S. Attorney General is authorized to bring civil action against any candidate who knowingly or willfully fails to properly disclose their financial information on these reports, and authorizes the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee, for U.S. Senate candidates, to assess them for fines for violating the law.
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