A watchdog group is asking the Maryland attorney general to investigate whether Rep. Elijah Cummings and his wife used a charity for improper self-enrichment, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by the Washington Examiner.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, which leans conservative, filed the complaint on Monday against the Center for Global Policy Solutions, a nonprofit organization founded by Cummings' wife, Maya Rockeymoore.
The complaint asked Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh to investigate the financial relationship between the Center for Global Policy Solutions and Rockeymoore's for-profit consulting firm, Global Policy Solutions LLC. The similarly named entities shared an address, phone number, projects, funding sources, and had a cost-sharing arrangement that raises questions about a "Potentially improper financial benefit to Ms. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and her husband, Representative Elijah Cummings," the complaint asserts.
Cummings has served as Democratic chairman of the committee since January and previously served as ranking member.
The National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group that has been investigating Rockeymoore's foundation and for-profit consulting company, filed a complaint with the IRS in May detailing evidence of potential self-dealing at the charity.
According to the complaint, Global Policy Solutions and the Center for Global Policy Solutions appeared to have overlapping operations, and the arrangement may have been used to derive "Illegal private benefit." The complaint asked the IRS to investigate the "Shared leadership," "Integrated operations," and "Shared address and physical facilities" of her two companies.
Rockeymoore did not respond to a request for comment on the complaint.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/charity-run-by-wife-of-elijah-cummings-incurs-new-ethics-complaint
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, which leans conservative, filed the complaint on Monday against the Center for Global Policy Solutions, a nonprofit organization founded by Cummings' wife, Maya Rockeymoore.
The complaint asked Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh to investigate the financial relationship between the Center for Global Policy Solutions and Rockeymoore's for-profit consulting firm, Global Policy Solutions LLC. The similarly named entities shared an address, phone number, projects, funding sources, and had a cost-sharing arrangement that raises questions about a "Potentially improper financial benefit to Ms. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and her husband, Representative Elijah Cummings," the complaint asserts.
Cummings has served as Democratic chairman of the committee since January and previously served as ranking member.
The National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group that has been investigating Rockeymoore's foundation and for-profit consulting company, filed a complaint with the IRS in May detailing evidence of potential self-dealing at the charity.
According to the complaint, Global Policy Solutions and the Center for Global Policy Solutions appeared to have overlapping operations, and the arrangement may have been used to derive "Illegal private benefit." The complaint asked the IRS to investigate the "Shared leadership," "Integrated operations," and "Shared address and physical facilities" of her two companies.
Rockeymoore did not respond to a request for comment on the complaint.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/charity-run-by-wife-of-elijah-cummings-incurs-new-ethics-complaint
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