WASHINGTON, D.C. – Iowa Congressman Rod Blum, who represents counties in North Iowa, will remain under investigation for his alleged business dealings connected to an online company he owns.
According to DCC.org, Republican Congressman Rod Blum allegedly hid his role as CEO of an internet company called Tin Moon. The site reported, “Earlier this year, an Associated Press report revealed that Blum hid his role as CEO of Tin Moon, an internet marketing firm that profits from burying damaging information online about companies with questionable practices, including FDA healthy and safety violations. Blum, a member of the House Small Business Committee and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was caught using taxpayer resources to promote the company, including wearing his official pin in promotional materials and featuring his top staffer in testimonial videos.”
Blum has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. This week, the Ethics Committee announced their investigation into Blum will continue.
Blum was elected to Congress in 2014 as Iowa’s 1st Congressional District Representative.
STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRWOMAN AND RANKING MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS REGARDING REPRESENTATIVE ROD BLUM
Iowa Congressman Rod Blum will continue to be under investigation for alleged business dealings
Pursuant to House Rule XI, clause 3(b)(8)(A), and Committee Rules 17A(b)(1)(A),17A(c)(1) and 17AU), the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics have jointly decided to extend the matter regarding Representative Rod Blum, which was transmitted to the Committee by the Office of Congressional Ethics on July 19, 2018.
The Committee notes that the mere fact of a referral or an extension, and the mandatory disclosure of such an extension and the name of the subject of the matter, does not itself indicate that any violation has occuned, or reflect any judgment on behalf of the Committee.
The Committee will announce its course of action in this matter on or before December 17, 2018.
