The investigators, noting Cawthorn’s waning time as a member of Congress, said they couldn’t agree on a sanction and suggested the admonishment of the report would be sufficient. The committee directed Cawthorn to give $14,237 to a charity because that’s how much more expensive his token purchase should have been if he’d paid market value at the time, so it amounted to an improper gift.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/12/06/us-house-investigators-say-rep-cawthorn-improperly-promoted-crypto-token/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines