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The Senate confirmed Herschel Walker, a former NFL player and Trump ally, as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas, marking the first such appointment in nearly 15 years, amidst a party-line vote.
Herschel Walker, former football star and political candidate, was confirmed by the Senate as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas, becoming the first to hold this post in over a decade, after being nominated by President Trump.
Herschel Walker, the legendary University of Georgia football player and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner, returned to UGA to complete his undergraduate degree in Housing Management and Policy, over 40 years after leaving for a professional sports career. During the College of Family and Consumer Sciences convocation, Walker struck the iconic Heisman pose, delighting fellow graduates and attendees. Walker's return to academia highlights his commitment to education and his desire to finish what he started, despite his storied athletic and public career.
The Senate Ethics Committee has admonished Senator Lindsey Graham for soliciting campaign donations during interviews at the Capitol, citing a repeat violation. The admonishment is a rare move by the panel, with fewer than a dozen senators being admonished since 2002. The letter from the committee's chair and vice-chair cites a November 2022 Fox News appearance in which Graham solicited campaign contributions for Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker five times. The admonishment is not accompanied by any material penalty, and Graham self-reported the conduct to the committee.
The Senate Ethics Committee has issued a public letter of admonition to Senator Lindsey Graham for asking for campaign donations on behalf of Herschel Walker inside a federal building last year. The committee found that Graham's conduct was contrary to Senate standards of conduct and cited a previous infraction of Graham's in which he asked for donations for his own re-election campaign after a Judiciary Committee hearing in October 2020. The committee deemed that action a violation but dismissed the complaint in March 2021.
The Senate Ethics Committee has reprimanded Senator Lindsey Graham for soliciting campaign contributions in a Capitol office building during a media interview in violation of Senate rules. The committee sent a public letter admonishing the South Carolina Republican for soliciting donations to Herschel Walker’s campaign in the Russell Senate office building during a November 30, 2022, interview with Fox News. Graham acknowledged his mistake and took responsibility for his actions. The admonishment amounts to little more than a slap on the wrist, but the secretive committee exists to police and punish members who break the rules.
The Senate ethics select committee has publicly admonished Senator Lindsey Graham for violating Senate rules and standards of conduct by soliciting campaign contributions for former Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker while standing on Capitol grounds during a Fox News appearance last year. The committee issued only a public admonition but no sanction in response to Graham’s actions. This is not the first time Graham has violated Senate rules banning fundraising appeals on federal property.
The Senate Ethics Committee has formally admonished Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham over his solicitation of campaign contributions for Herschel Walker as he was headed to a runoff election for Senate in Georgia. The admonition is centered on a nine-minute interview with Fox News in the Russell rotunda on November 30, 2022, in which Graham directly solicited campaign contributions on behalf of Walker, mentioning his campaign website five separate times. The Ethics panel declared that the “committee finds that you did solicit federal campaign contributions and otherwise impermissibly conducted campaign activity in a federal building.”