CREW RELEASES LIST OF CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION

20 May 2009 // Washington, D.C. - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a comprehensive list of members of Congress under investigation. Currently, there are 16 members -- 12 House members and four Senators. The list includes which government entity is investigating the members, what the members are under investigation for, and the status of the investigation.

The Department of Justice, the House and Senate Ethics Committees, and the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) do not publicly divulge which members they are investigating. The OCE’s first quarterly report published in April revealed that the office has launched 10 reviews of lawmakers or congressional staff, but the OCE only disclosed Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) as under review. He is included on CREW’s list.

Click here to read CREW’s list of members of Congress under investigation.