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A top liberal Democrat in the U.S. Senate is being targeted by conservative activists online in response to an apparent pay-to-play arrangement involving himself, his wife, and some lucrative pieces of legislation.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a right-leaning ethics watchdog, first flagged a connection between Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and an environmental non-profit group controlled by his wife, Sandra Whitehouse, which was the beneficiary of legislation over the past several years that brought in as much as $12.2 million in federal funds, most of all of which were approved by the Senate.
FACT turned over evidence of the arrangement to Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), chair of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, with a request “to determine whether he violated the Senate ethics rules on conflicts of interest.”
Sandra Whitehouse has served as president of consulting firm Ocean Wonks LLC since 2017, according to a copy of her LinkedIn page reviewed by Fox News. Her work in the industry includes a prior 10-year tenure at Ocean Conservancy where she served as Senior Policy Advisor…
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