The House Ethics Committee voted on probable cause for six allegations against Representative Weinberg, finding probable cause on two: a combined allegation of inappropriate or sexual comments toward Representative Bradley and a Brown Palace dinner incident, and a master key allegation. The committee rejected probable cause on campaign finance, aggressive behavior, firearms possession, and Veterans committee conduct allegations.
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Madam Chair expressed that 'the language and the spirit of Amendment 41 seem to have been crossed here' based on evidence presented by the Secretary of State and from Representative Bradley's allegation. Representative Woodrow countered that 'not every campaign finance violation is going to rise to the level of an ethics violation' and cited disclosed expenses including haircuts and cigars as falling below the threshold. Representative Soper argued against 'setting a precedent for creating another vehicle for airing campaign finance complaints' and emphasized that Weinberg 'did disclose.' All four other members opposed finding probable cause, and the motion failed 0 to 5.
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“State's office sent back pages of items that are still in dispute, and my understanding is that due to an issue with Rep. Weinberg's attorneys, medical issues, that there needed to be a continuance. And so we still don't have a resolution on those. And I do worry that, , an ethics committee should not serve as a. Another forum for campaign finance violations. , not every campaign finance violation is going to rise to the level of an ethics violation. And”
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Sign in to subscribeHouse Ethics Committee will come to order. Ms. Berger, please call the roll. Representatives Garcia Sanders. Present. Mabry. Here. Woodrow Here. Soper. Representative. So, Representative Soper, can you hear us? You need to come online. Excused. Madam Chair. Here. All right. Today, just as a review, is the day that we will address each of the complaints. And I wanted to just let everyone know that we are at the stage of the preliminary investigation deadline, which is within 30 days after the appointment of the committee pursuant to House Rule 49C. And that deadline is February 26th. And that deadline tells us that we had those 30 days. And then at the end of that investigation, the committee must determine whether an ethics violation has not occurred, and the complaint must be dismissed or there is probable cause to believe an ethics violation may have occurred. And then from there, if necessary, Representative Weinberg will have seven days to respond. Also, just for the record, and for those of us that are not attorneys, I wanted to just review the overview of what probable cause is. We are tasked with determining if there is and was enough evidence before…
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