Palazzo subject of House Ethics Committee inquiry

Palazzo acknowledged in November to the Biloxi Sun Herald that he was the subject of an investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics into alleged improper use of campaign funds from his Palazzo for Congress campaign committee. That investigation was spurred by a Campaign Legal Center complaint that the nonpartisan watchdog group filed in March with the Office of Congressional Ethics. The complaint centered on $60,000 the campaign spent to rent a farm, Greene Acres LLC, and $127,000 to pay an accounting firm Palazzo founded that is now run by his former wife.

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