The Politics of Ethics

Past Committee Chairman: House Ethics Not Contradictory Terms

June 13, 2021 – The former Republican chairman of the U.S. House Ethics Committee found most members to be honest but recalls a greatest hits list of our generation’s most ridiculous congressional scandals.

            Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania also admonished House Trump supporters for blocking the establishment of a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government.

            “I thought Congress should have enacted an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the events of Jan. 6 that led up it, the day of the event, including the actions of the president,” Dent said. “I think it was a mistake that one was not established.”