Omar Accused of Violating House Rules Over Use of TikTok Account
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) has called for an investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) use of social media, specifically mixing personal and official TikTok accounts.
The complaint was filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) on March 30, 2023, by the non-partisan ethics watchdog group.
FACT wants a determination on whether the Minnesota congresswoman has violated House rules by using a social media account for political purposes and abusing official resources.
According to FACT’s press release announcing the complaint, despite warnings about the sharing of TikTok data with the Chinese government and the House of Representatives banning the app from official devices, Omar continued to use the same TikTok account for both official and political purposes….