Lawmakers Question Accounting Firms on Conflicts of Interest

Lawmakers Question Accounting Firms on Conflicts of Interest

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

Senate Finance Committee member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., in letters to five accounting firms requested information on a reported scheme involving firm lawyers going into public office, changing tax law to benefit their clients, then returning to the firms with raises.

<a href="/lr/resolve//79q70">Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act</a>

Senate Finance Committee member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., in letters to five accounting firms requested information on a reported scheme involving firm lawyers going into public office, changing tax law to benefit their clients, then returning to the firms with raises.

Senate Finance Committee member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., in letters to five accounting firms requested information on a reported scheme involving firm lawyers going into public office, changing tax law to benefit their clients, then returning to the firms with raises, the lawmakers said in an October 5 release.

Senate Finance Committee member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., in letters to five accounting firms requested information on a reported scheme involving firm lawyers going into public office, changing tax law to benefit their clients, then returning to the firms with raises, the lawmakers said in an October 5 release.