NORCROSS, Ga. — The race for the U.S. Senate seat in Georgia is getting more personal.
Senator Jon Ossoff is demanding that Congressman Mike Collins answer questions under oath.
This comes form a congressional ethics review into Collins’ use of official resources. Ossoff says Congressman Collins did not cooperate, but Collins insists he did.
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Collins stopped by the CW Matthews asphalt company Tuesday to tour the facility, talk with employees and to discuss simplifying process to make it easier to get permits for projects.
Ossoff held his own virtual news conference Tuesday morning. He wanted to talk about the report written by the office of congressional conduct over allegations of an improper use of money involving his now-former chief of staff.
Channel 2 Action News previously reported that the Office of Congressional Conduct issued a report on Collins’ office back in January stating that “there is substantial reason to believe that representative Collins used congressional resources for unofficial or otherwise unauthorized purposes.”
The report also criticized what it said was a refusal by Collins’ office to cooperate with the board’s review.
Ossoff used the report to keep the campaign pressure on.
“I am demanding that Congressman Mike Collins cooperate with this federal investigation into the illegal misuse of tax dollars,” Ossoff said.
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Back in Norcross, Collins hit back at Ossoff and said his office is fully cooperating with that review
“If Jon Ossoff wasn’t spending all his time up in the Hamptons with Alex Soros, he would understand that we have been fully cooperating with the ethics committee and we look forward to being cleared soon,” Collins said.
We asked both candidates about the Supreme Court decision that somewhat restricts the ability to cast mail-in votes, a decision the president supports.
Collins said it would help preserve election integrity, while Senator Ossoff called it an attack on voting rights in the U.S.
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