US EditionEthics panel: Pennsylvania Republican violated code of conduct with spouse’s stock trades
BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 25 – The House Ethics Committee found Rep. Mike Kelly violated conduct rules due to lack of candor in an inquiry about his spouse's stock trades and recommended divestment of $23,000 in Cleveland-Cliffs shares.
- On Friday, the House Ethics Committee recommended divestment, noting its findings from a multiyear inquiry.
- Amid steel tariff talks, the inquiry began in 2021 after Victoria Kelly’s April 2020 stock purchase prompted investigation, as Rep. Kelly lobbied the Trump administration on tariffs.
- The committee cited candor failures and insufficient regard for appearance of impropriety, highlighting ethics breaches.
- The inquiry noted noncooperation and no conflict, noting the investigation was hindered by the couple’s noncooperation.
- In 2024, trades and a 285% gain underscore gaps in congressional trading rules, which remain unreformed.
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The panel also said Kelly and his wife should divest of any stock in the company, Cleveland-Cliffs, before the Western Pa. congressman takes any further official actions related to it.
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The House Ethics Committee on Friday rebuked a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania and urged him and his wife to sell their holdings in a steel company in his district after a four-year investigation into a stock trade found that he had violated the House’s official code of conduct. In its report, the committee cited Representative Mike Kelly, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, for a “lack of candor” in its inquiry into 2020 trades b…
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