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Panel: Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper violated ethics law
Colorado's ethics commission has ruled that U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper violated state ethics law as governor by accepting a private jet flight to an official event and by receiving benefits he didn’t pay for at a corporate meeting in Italy.
DENVER (AP) — Colorado's ethics commission has ruled that U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper violated state ethics law as governor by accepting a private jet flight to an official event and by receiving benefits he didn’t pay for at a corporate meeting in Italy.
The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission dismissed four other complaints Friday against Hickenlooper.
The complaints were filed by a conservative group led by a former Republican Colorado House speaker.
The commission has scheduled a June 12 hearing to discuss possible fines for the violations as well as for a contempt order it issued when Hickenlooper ignored a subpoena to appear at its hearing on Thursday.
Hickenlooper has long denied the charges as politically motivated.