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Office of Congressional Ethics twice found substantial reason to believe Rep. Ronny Jackson's campaign payments to a private club may have been personal use or not bona fide campaign spending; House Ethics Committee closed the matters in Dec. 2024, saying it found no evidence any Member intentionally misused campaign funds, 2021-2024

Confidence: Confirmed · 4 sourcesTexas · Oct 12, 2026

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Texans for Ronny Jackson

Ronny Jackson, U.S. Representative, TX-13

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U.S. House Committee on Ethics

What happened

The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) twice referred Rep. Ronny Jackson to the House Ethics Committee over payments by his campaign committee, Texans for Ronny Jackson, to the Amarillo Club, a private dining club (Review 21-4513, referred Dec. 22, 2021; Review 23-9819, adopted March 15, 2024 by a 6-0 Board vote). In both, the OCE Board found substantial reason to believe he either converted campaign funds to personal use or that the committee spent funds not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes; OCE's second report counted $11,928.27 paid to the club between October 2020 and January 2024. On Dec. 30, 2024 the Committee unanimously closed several such matters, including those involving Jackson, and released updated guidance. Its statement says that in several of the matters there was evidence the campaigns did not fully comply with personal-use and recordkeeping standards but no evidence that any Member intentionally misused campaign funds for personal benefit; it says it gave each Member specific findings and recommendations, which are not public, and took no further action. The statement does not separate Jackson's matter from the others. Jackson's lawyer told OCE that neither Jackson nor his family used the club other than for dining and meeting spaces for campaign purposes. After the closure Jackson said the report confirmed "I did nothing wrong, no funds were used for personal use" (The Gazette, Dec. 30, 2024), and his office called the OCE investigation "baseless."

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The Office of Congressional Ethics found that Rep. Ronny Jackson spent nearly $12,000 on a membership at the Amarillo Club since 2020 and recommended an investigation; Jackson called the investigation baseless.$12K

since 2020Ronny JacksonReported as 'nearly' $12,000. | review-facts-c: source: Jackson called it baseless, no "office denies personal use"

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The Gazette — The Gazette - Ethics panel closes investigations into four members misusing campaign funds (Dec. 30, 2024)he had spent nearly $12,000 for a membership at the Amarillo Club since 2020

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Office of Congressional Conduct (formerly OCE) - Review 21-4513, Rep. Ronny JacksonThe Board determined there was substantial reason to believe that Rep. Jackson converted campaign funds to personal use or that his committee expended funds not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes; the Committee closed the matter Dec. 30, 2024.

OCE Report and Findings, Review No. 23-9819, Rep. Ronny Jackson (published by the House Ethics Committee, June 24, 2024)The Board recommends further review because there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Jackson converted campaign funds to personal use or his committee expended funds not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes (vote 6-0).

The GazetteThe OCE recommended an investigation into Rep. Ronny Jackson after discovering he had spent nearly $12,000 for a membership at the Amarillo Club since 2020; Jackson's office characterized the investigation as "baseless" and said "I did nothing wrong, no funds were used for personal use."

House Committee on Ethics - statement on personal use of campaign funds, December 30, 2024The Committee has now unanimously determined to close several such investigative matters, including those relating to allegations referred by OCE involving Representative Ronny Jackson; there was no evidence that any Member intentionally misused campaign funds.

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