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Senate ethics committee opens review of complaint against Senator Hawkes Lewis, requests records and schedules follow-ups
Summary
The Senate Committee on Ethics began reviewing a Jan. 10 complaint against Senator Hawkes Lewis, considered her Jan. 31 written answer and accompanying exhibits, discussed alleged wage, campaign-finance and nondisclosure issues and possible retaliation, and set further meetings to consider additional evidence.
The Senate Committee on Ethics met Feb. 11 to begin a formal review of a complaint filed Jan. 10 on behalf of five individuals and to consider a Jan. 31 written response from Senator Hawkes Lewis.
The complaint, filed by Haley Shea McMoore on behalf of Lee Davis, Luke Dozier, Luis Echeverri, Lacey McGinty and Molly Stawanoga, raises several categories of concern that committee members described as ranging from management-style complaints to allegations of wage theft, campaign finance violations, use of nondisclosure agreements and retaliation. Committee members repeatedly emphasized the need to separate workplace-style concerns from matters requiring legal adjudication.
"The General Assembly prohibits retaliation against an individual for filing a complaint about an alleged violation of this policy," Deputy Director Christy Chase of the Office of Legislative Legal Services told the committee while explaining the workplace-harassment policy’s…
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