The House Committee on Ethics has dismissed allegations against U.S. Rep. John Rutherford regarding disclosure of stock trades by determining it found "no clear evidence" of any intentional attempt to skirt the reporting requirements that House members have for those investments.
The committee received an Office of Congressional Ethics report on Feb. 28 and announced on May 31 the committee would open an investigation.
In a letter sent Thursday to Rutherford, R-Jacksonville, the bipartisan committee of lawmakers said that after further review, the committee unanimously voted to dismiss the referral by the Office of Congressional Ethics.
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