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 May 26, 2022

Probe OK'd of Arizona senator's comments on Buffalo shooting

Democrats wanted Sen. Wendy Rogers expelled from the Senate.
by Associated Press

wendy rogers State Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff
Arizona Senate

The Arizona Senate’s ethics committee has ordered its lawyers to formally investigate a Republican lawmaker’s online comments blaming the federal government for the recent massacre at a Buffalo, New York supermarket.

The full Senate ordered the probe of Sen. Wendy Rogers, and the ethics panel on Wednesday voted 5-0 to have its lawyers handle the investigation.

Democrats wanted Rogers expelled from the Senate because she was just censured on March 1 for participating in a white nationalist gathering and had called for her political opponents to be hanged.

The lead ethics committee lawyer said he expects the investigation to take weeks, not months. Rogers will be able to respond to the report's conclusion.

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