OCE Referral Regarding Rep. Troy Nehls
OCE Referral Regarding Rep. Troy Nehls
On December 11th, 2023, the Office of Congressional Ethics transmitted a referral to the Committee on Ethics of the United States House of Representatives regarding Rep. Troy Nehls.
Nature of the Review
Rep. Nehls’s campaign committee, Nehls for Congress, reported campaign disbursements that may not be legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes. If Rep. Nehls converted campaign funds from Nehls for Congress to personal use, or if Rep. Nehls’s campaign committee expended funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes, then Rep. Nehls may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.
Rep. Nehls may have omitted required information from his annual House financial disclosure statements. If Rep. Nehls failed to disclose required information in his annual House financial disclosure statements, then he may have violated House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.
OCE Recommendation
The Board recommended that the Committee further review the above allegation concerning Rep. Nehls because there is probable cause to believe that Rep. Nehls may have converted campaign committee funds to personal use.
The Board recommended that the Committee further review the above allegation concerning Rep. Nehls because there is probable cause to believe that Rep. Nehls failed to disclose required information in his annual House financial disclosure statements.
Committee Action
On March 26, 2024, the Committee on Ethics released a statement indicating it would extend the matter regarding Representative Nehls pursuant to Committee Rule 17(a).
On May 10, 2024, 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).