Senators File Ethics Committee Complaint Regarding Colleagues' Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tina Smith (D-MN), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) filed today a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee concerning the behavior of U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) related to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. As the senators note, the Senate has the exclusive power to determine whether the members’ actions violated Senate ethics rules. The senators call on the Ethics Committee to carry out a thorough and fair investigation and consider any appropriate consequences based on the Committee’s findings.

Full text of the senators’ complaint is below. A PDF copy is available here.