Runciman questions why ethics officer taking so long to investigate Meredith

Conservative Sen. Bob Runciman also says it was a mistake to put Ind. Sen. Don Meredith on Senate committees after a report of an inappropriate relationship he had with a 16-year-old girl had already surfaced.

Ind. Sen. Don Meredith, pictured in this file photograph in the Senate. Conservative Sen. Bob Runciman says Senate Ethics Officer Lyse Ricard should make it a priority to complete the two outstanding investigations against Sen. Don Meredith as soon as possible.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

March 20, 2017

The Senate ethics officer started three investigations against Independent Sen. Don Meredith in 2015, one over his sexual relationship with a teenager, which was recently completed after two years and attracted national attention. But the chair of the Senate Legal and Constitution Affairs Committ...

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