The state GOP has filed an ethics complaint against Atty. Gen. Patrick C. Lynch that accuses him of violating the state’s $75 gift cap by accepting a roundtrip plane ticket worth $428.50 from the National Cable and Telecommunications Association for a trip to New Orleans last year.
The complaint, filed late last week by state Republican party chairman Giovanni D. Cicione, marks the second time the state GOP has asked a state regulatory agency to call Democrat Lynch to task for his frequent out-of-state trips, and the way he has accounted for them on his public disclosure filings. Lynch has announced his intention to run for governor…
The complaint that Cicione filed with the state Ethics Commission zeroes in on a different issue: A state regulation prohibiting public officials from accepting any gift valued at more than “$25 per instance and up to $75 per year from each interested person.”…
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