$80K political payout to Kristi Noem spurs ethics complaints

$80K political payout to Kristi Noem spurs ethics complaints
A Whistleblower group wants federal probe after Trump’s Homeland Security secretary took cut of campaign gifts.
A campaign finance watchdog on Capitol Hill is calling for a federal investigation around Kristi Noem pocketing $80,000 in political donations while governor of South Dakota.
End Citizens United (ECU), a Washington, D.C.-based political action committee, on Wednesday filed formal ethics complaints with both the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section, alleging federal disclosure violations ahead of her appointment to President Donald Trump’s cabinet in January