GOP Lawmakers Fined $5,000 for Bypassing House Security Screenings: GOHMERT!
Lawmakers can appeal the fines to the House Ethics Committee. But if the panel upholds the fines, they will be deducted out of lawmakers’ paychecks and cannot be paid with campaign or congressional office budget funds.
Gohmert said that he had left the floor momentarily to use the restroom and was unaware that he needed to be wanded by a police officer again. He said he plans to appeal the fine.
“Unlike in the movie The Godfather, there are no toilets with tanks where one could hide a gun, so my reentry onto the House floor should have been a non-issue,” Gohmert said in a statement.
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