Rep. David Schweikert admitted to 11 ethics violations and agreed to a $50,000 fine, likely concluding an investigation that began with reporting by the Washington Examiner’s then-own Phil Wegmann.
In October 2017, Wegmann was a writer for the Washington Examiner opinion page, and I was his editor. Former employees of Schweikert, a Republican from Arizona, told Wegmann that the spending by Schweikert’s congressional office and political committees was irregular and that chief of staff Oliver Schwab was at the center of the irregularities.
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