Posted 3/6/2024, 9:02:30 PM
Whitehouse Faces Ethics Questions Over Laws Benefiting Wife's Clients
- Sen. Whitehouse backed laws that benefited his wife's environmental consulting company, drawing an ethics complaint from Judicial Watch
- His wife has made millions consulting for non-profits on climate change and ocean conservation issues
- Whitehouse supported 24 bills that directly benefited his wife's clients like Ocean Conservancy
- Laws he backed gave funding and tax credits to groups his wife consulted for
- Judicial Watch has urged the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate whether this violates conflict of interest rules