First in The Vault: A group of Democratic lawmakers, led by the House and Senate’s top financial policy Democrats, asked the Office of Government Ethics to scrutinize comments from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that urged Fox News viewers to buy Tesla stock.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter last night addressed to Doug Collins – the Veterans Affairs secretary who is listed on the OGE's website as acting director – asking the agency to recommend an ethics inquiry into Lutnick.
Lutnick told Fox News’ Jesse Waters on March 19 that Tesla stock shares would “never be this cheap again” and that viewers should “buy Tesla.” The car company’s stock has lost more than half its value between late December and mid-March.
