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WASHINGTON -The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced today it is extending its probe into the presidential campaign activities of Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann.

It means Bachmann's legal woes won't go away anytime soon.

The allegations, which go back to Bachmann's unsuccessful bid for the White House, were all raised by  former campaign staffer Peter Waldron, who has since published a tell-all book. Among them are complaints that one of Bachmann's advisers was improperly paid from a separate political action committee controlled by Bachmann and that a book tour to promote Bachmann's autobiography may have illegally used campaign resources.

The committee also released hundreds of pages of documents and a report by the independent Office of Congressional Ethics which referred the matter to the Ethics Committee on a unanimous vote.

One matter not in the committee documents is a report published last week by the 

 that a federal grand jury is looking into whether Bachmann's husband, Marcus, may have broken campaign finance rules.

Bachmann, who is not running for re-election, released this statement:

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WASHINGTON -The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced today it is extending its probe into the presidential campaign activities of Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. It means Bachmann’s legal woes won’t go away anytime soon. The allegations, which go back to Bachmann’s unsuccessful bid for the White House, were all raised by  former campaign staffer Peter 

WASHINGTON -The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced today it is extending its probe into the presidential campaign activities of Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann. It means Bachmann’s legal woes won’t go away anytime soon. The allegations, which go back to Bachmann’s unsuccessful bid for the White House, were all raised by  former campaign staffer Peter Read more →


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