Pressure mounts on Ethics Committee to speed up misconduct probes as midterms loom

Nothing speeds up a secretive ethics probe like an election that needs the cases closed by name-checking time.

Democrats and Republicans are pressing the House Ethics Committee to move more quickly on investigations involving allegations of sexual misconduct or domestic abuse, as a string of high-profile cases and the looming midterms have renewed scrutiny of the secretive panel’s process. Investigations into Reps. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and Max Miller (R-Ohio) —…

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