Cawthorn Investigated for Ethics Violations, Runs for New Seat

0:00It's April 22nd. You're listening to Durham News today, AI-powered local news. The House Ethics Committee just dropped a list of 28 members of Congress, investigated for sexual misconduct claims since 1996, and former North Carolina rep Madison Callthorn made the cut from a probe two years back. That investigation cleared him of any sexual wrongdoing with the staffer, but nailed him for ethics violations tied to pushing a meme cryptocurrency. Called, let's go Brandon, where he got coins at a discount and missed filing deadlines. Callthorn burst onto the scene in 2020 as the youngest house member in a GOP rising star, but scandals piled up fast from gun incidents at. Airports to wild claims about colleagues' private lives, leading fellow Republicans to call for probes. He lost his 2022 primary in North Carolina's 11th District to Chuck Edwards, even with the Trump endorsement and the full ethics. Hitler came out as he left office.

1:00These days, he's moved to Florida, paid fines for campaign finance slips and a traffic arrest, and jumped into the race for Fort Myers House seat, with primary set for mid-August.