24-3057

OCE Referral Regarding Rep. Andy Ogles 

OCE Referral Regarding Rep. Andy Ogles Exhibits

On August 2, 2024, the Office of Congressional Ethics transmitted a referral to the Committee on Ethics of the United States House of Representatives regarding Rep. Andy Ogles.

Nature of the Review

Rep. Ogles may have omitted or misrepresented required information in his financial disclosure statements or Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) candidate committee reports. If Rep. Ogles failed to disclose or misrepresented required information in his financial disclosure statements or FEC candidate committee filings, then he may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.

Rep. Ogles’s campaign committee, Andy Ogles for Congress, may have accepted excessive contributions reported as personal loans and contributions from the candidate, that may not have been sourced from Rep. Ogles’s personal funds. If Rep. Ogles’s campaign committee accepted personal loans and contributions that exceeded campaign contribution limits, then Rep. Ogles may have violated federal law, House rules, and standards of conduct.

OCE Recommendation

The Board recommended that the Committee further review the above allegation concerning Rep. Ogles because there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Ogles omitted or misrepresented required information in his financial disclosure statements or FEC candidate committee reports.

The Board recommended that the Committee further review the above allegation concerning Rep. Ogles because there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Ogles’s campaign committee accepted excessive contributions reported as personal loans and contributions from the candidate. 

Committee Action

On January 2, 2025, the Committee on Ethics released a statement announcing it would continue to gather the information necessary to complete its review. The Committee published the OCE report and findings and announced the allegations would be further reviewed pursuant to Committee Rule 18(a).