Senate Ethics panel dismisses Luna complaint against Gallego

The Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint against Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) filed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) accusing the senator of making inappropriate advances toward several women and violating campaign finance rules.

The Ethics panel informed Gallego in a letter Friday that its investigations “did not find evidence that your actions violated Federal law, Senate Rules or related standards of conduct.”

The panel said it appreciated Gallego’s full cooperation during its investigation and added that it “retains the authority to revisit this matter should additional facts become known to the committee.”

Luna said in April that she had heard of four women who had “multiple and uncomfortably/inappropriate advances/comments/touching, etc. from Senator Gallego.”

Gallego strongly denied the allegations.

He said the Ethics Committee’s conclusion that Luna’s........

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