U.S. Rep. John Rutherford faces investigation over stock disclosures

Anna Moneymaker

U.S. Rep. John Rutherford will undergo an investigation by the House Committee on Ethics over multiple late disclosures of stock transactions, a matter that Rutherford had said he believed he already put behind him by paying fines.

The House ethics committee's leaders announced Tuesday they would open the investigation after receiving a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Rutherford, R-Jacksonville, serves on the bipartisan, 10-member House Committee on Ethics, so the committee is reviewing one of its own members.

Read the rest of this story at WJCT News partner The Florida Times-Union.

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