House Democrats face ethics complaints in connection to their usage of TikTok, which POTUS banned from government devices late last year over national and privacy security concerns. Rep JeffJacksonNC, RepBowman & Rep Ilhan are among those named.
Congress is weighing various TikTok ban proposals on the heels of Biden signing a $1.7 trillion spending bill in December 2022 that prohibited the use or download of the social media app on devices issued by the government. Four Democrats have recently been hit with Office of Congressional Ethics complaints from a right-leaning watchdog group, which is demanding investigations into whether the lawmakers have unlawfully used TikTok for campaign-related matters.
TikTok has long been viewed as high risk by national security experts over its ties to China, particularly because its parent company, ByteDance, is headquartered in Beijing. Sen. Marco Rubio is behind legislation that would ban TikTok outright, while Sens. Mark Warner and John Thune released a bill in March that would grant the Commerce Department additional powers to determine if security risks arise from foreign business deals.
Between March 30 and April 10, FACT has filed complaints against Reps. Jeff Jackson , Jamaal Bowman , Wiley Nickel , and Ilhan Omar . It is the contention of the watchdog that these lawmakers are skirting House rules by using TikTok for"political purposes." Members of Congress are required to separate official acts from those related to their campaigns, FACT noted in the complaints, citing guidelines in the House Ethics Manual.
Bowman has used two separate campaign and political accounts to post similar content, including a December 2022 video about the Biden administration agreeing with Russia to send foreign arms dealer prisoner Viktor Bout overseas in exchange for Russia releasing WNBA player Brittney Griner, FACT said. He also posted videos calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from August to October 2022, according to records.
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