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babylonsister

(172,803 posts) Thu Mar 13, 2014, 06:01 PM Mar 2014

Fake GOP Websites Draw Ethics Complaint

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/03/13/fake_gop_websites_draw_ethics_complaint.html

Fake GOP Websites Draw Ethics Complaint

"An ethics watchdog filed a formal request Wednesday for an investigation of National Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden (OR), citing his team's use of phony websites," the Huffington Post reports.

"Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington -- citing numerous reports of 18 GOP webpages that masqueraded as sites belonging to Democrats -- is asking the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate whether or not Walden broke federal law or House rules by tricking Democratic supporters into donating to the GOP."

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Fake GOP Websites Draw Ethics Complaint (Original Post) babylonsister Mar 2014 OP

This is not some sort of technical detail of the ethics code ... surrealAmerican Mar 2014 #1

This is great news Gothmog Mar 2014 #2

surrealAmerican

(11,927 posts)

1. This is not some sort of technical detail of the ethics code ...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 06:06 PM

Mar 2014

... tricking people out of their money is fraud. People should be going to jail for this.

Gothmog

(182,012 posts)

2. This is great news

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 06:06 PM

Mar 2014

These websites are deceptive and unethical

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