The video released Friday by the campaign of Rep. Alex Mooney used footage from official House proceedings, including speeches by its members. According to the House ethics manual, such proceedings cannot be used in campaign or political activities
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Republican primary campaign involving two incumbents for a newly consolidated congressional district in West Virginia has heated up after one U.S. House member attacked the opponent in a TV ad, drawing complaints of an apparent ethics violation.by the campaign of Rep. Alex Mooney used footage from official House proceedings, including speeches by its members. According to the House ethics manual, such proceedings cannot be used in campaign or political activities.
Mooney already faces an ethics probe over whether he previously used campaign cash to make personal purchases. In the ad that plays up Mooney’s support of former President Donald Trump, the four-term congressman said McKinley voted for the formation of a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Mooney voted against the legislation, which was later blocked by Republicans in the Senate.
In an email to the AP, Mooney campaign spokesman Mark Harris called complaints about the use of House proceedings in the ad “super ticky tack” and said “once we were notified, we changed the spot.”
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