Ethics complaint filed against Rep. Moulton for comments on Pete Hegseth, execution

From Boston Herald 

An ethics complaint has been filed against Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Salem) for remarks he made on a recent CNN interview about Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, including a reference to Nazi U-boat captains “executed” for war crimes for shooting at boats.

The complaint, filed Tuesday by the Center to Advance Security in America (CASA), calls for an investigation into an April 29 appearance on CNN’s Erin Burnett Outfront program where Moulton was asked whether he thought Hegseth was guilty of war crimes based on a series of accusations related to the war in Iran and the U.S. military’s lethal boat strikes on drug runners and cartels in the Caribbean.

“In these unprecedented times of left-wing political violence, we are extremely concerned that Representative Moulton’s vile comments could be used by others to justify violence against cabinet officials or other high-ranking members of the Trump Administration,” the complaint, dated May 18 and authored by CASA Director James Fitzpatrick, says.

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Read the full complaint here