Rep. Dicks denies wrongdoing in leaked ethics probe

By Associated Press

Summary

Veteran Congressman Norm Dicks says he has done nothing wrong and is confident that he will be exonerated after his name was included in a list of more than two dozen House members who are the subject of internal ethics investigations.

Story Published: Oct 30, 2009 at 12:14 PM PST

Story Updated: Oct 30, 2009 at 12:14 PM PST

Rep. Dicks denies wrongdoing in leaked ethics probe

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Veteran Congressman Norm Dicks says he has done nothing wrong and is confident that he will be exonerated after his name was included in a list of more than two dozen House members who are the subject of internal ethics investigations.

Dicks, a Washington state Democrat and a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued a statement Friday saying he always conducted himself appropriately and in accordance with all applicable House rules and laws. The 17-term lawmaker said he was confident that when all the inquiries are concluded, he will be "completely exonerated."

The statement came after the internal workings of the ethics panel were exposed on the Internet in an extraordinary breach. Ethics Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., called it a case of "cyber-hacking."

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