Rick Bryson, Candidate for US House NC-11

Rick Bryson calls press conference
to address congressional ethics scandal
September 6 at 12:30 pm
Union Hall, 45 Sardis Road, Asheville, NC
 

Asheville, NC, September 1, 2016—Mountain Democratic candidate for the NC 11th District congressional seat, Rick Bryson, has called a major press conference to speak to the brewing scandal that hangs over the 11th congressional office, currently held by Mark Meadows.

“The independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has ruled that the present congressman’s conduct in office has broken congressional ethics standards,” noted Bryson.

The story broke a year ago: Chief of staff of Rep. Mark Meadows’ office, Kenny West, was accused of sexually harassing women in his office, with three testifying to the OCE to that affect. In November of last year, West was told to leave both the Washington and Hendersonville, NC, offices. Later, when he attempted entry, he was barred by a female office worker who threatened to have him arrested.

Compounding the ethics problem is that Meadows continued to pay West as chief of staff for ten months, even though this is a clear violation of the Congressional Ethics Manual, and a misuse of public funds.

What is new on this story is how Meadows has attempted to stonewall the investigation. Instead of cooperating with the independent OCE, he has chosen to deal only with the House Ethics Committee which is made up of his cronies.

“So what we have here is both a misuse of public funds and a working environment in which women are unsafe—and a congressman who is bent on obscuring the facts,” stated Bryson.

In the press conference, Bryson will pose the questions that Meadows chose not to bring up at his recent public appearances. “Just as we had a right to know what was going on with Nixon during the Watergate scandal, we have a right to know what is going on during Meadowsgate.”

The press conference will be held at 12:30 pm on September 6, 2016, at the Union Hall, 45 Sardis Road, Asheville, NC.

Meet all the candidates for four seats
on the nonpartisan Henderson County School Board.
They also will attend this event.

November 8 General Election Democratic Slate
 

President/Vice President - Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine
US Senate - Deborah Ross
Governor - Roy Cooper
Lt. Governor - Linda Coleman
Attorney General - Josh Stein
Secretary of State - Elaine Marshall
State Superintendent of Schools - June Atkinson
State Treasurer - Dan Blue III
State Auditor - Beth Wood
Commissioner of Agriculture - Walter Smith
Commissioner of Insurance - Wayne Goodman
Commissioner of Labor - Charles Meeker
NC Supreme Court - Mike Morgan
NC Court of Appeals (Seat 1) - Vince Rozier
NC Court of Appeals (Seat 2) - Abe Jones
NC Court of Appeals (Seat 3)  - Linda Stephens
NC Court of Appeals (Seat 4) - Rickye McKoy-Mitchell
NC Court of Appeals (Seat 5) - Margaret Eagles
US House of Representatives - Rick Bryson
NC Senate District 48 - Norm Bossert
NC House District 113 - Maureen Copelof

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