A congressional ethics watchdog said in a report released Monday that there’s substantial reason to believe the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mike Collins hired his girlfriend as an office intern and that she “did not perform duties commensurate with her compensation.”
The former chief of staff, Brandon Phillips, is now working for Collins’ Senate campaign.
Collins is one of three leading GOP contenders seeking to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia this year. The other top Republicans include U.S. Rep Buddy Carter and former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley.
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