Deadline looming on ethics inquiry of San Jose Rep. Mike Honda - Los Angeles Times
The committee said in July that it had received a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics on June 5 related to Honda and was extending its review period until at least Sept. The committee statement said that its public notice “does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred. The complaint against Honda was initiated after a September 2014 report by San Jose Inside that revealed emails exchanged between Honda’s chief of staff, Jennifer Van der Heide, and Lamar Heystek, who was serving as Honda’s campaign manager at the... The emails discuss potential donors who might be invited by Honda’s office to attend an official State Department roundtable discussion that he cohosted in 2013. The complaint was filed by supporters of Ro Khanna, a fellow Democrat who lost a... Honda’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. His campaign has previously told the Chronicle that the complaint was politically motivated. The ethics committee declined to comment. Source: www.latimes.com
