#ethics-committee

#ethics-committee

The Republican legislator agreed to delete several tweets and clarify the personal nature of her X/Twitter account. The agreement stems from a disciplinary probe that City Council's Ethics Committee pursued against Paladino in March over anti-Muslim tweets she posted on her X account. Paladino then filed a lawsuit in response to prevent the council from taking any disciplinary actions against her, arguing that the committee was unevenly enforcing its anti-discrimination powers against her for exercising freedom of speech.

"The charges and examination are incredibly, incredibly serious and I think we have to hold ourselves to high standards here in the Congress," Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) told Axios.