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华盛顿——据多名了解此事的消息人士透露，美国司法部已就亚利桑那州民主党参议员鲁文·加列戈可能存在的竞选财务违规行为展开调查。
其中一名消息人士补充称，此案由南加州的一名举报人投诉引发。
另一位了解调查的消息人士表示，此次调查聚焦于加列戈2019年以来将竞选资金用于家庭旅行的情况。联邦选举委员会的记录显示，加列戈曾以竞选账户支付前往波多黎各、楠塔基特、迈阿密等地的旅行费用。
联邦记录还显示，2023年，加列戈与加利福尼亚州前民主党众议员埃里克·斯沃韦尔共同成立的一个政治行动委员会，花费超过3.7万美元购买超级碗赛事的门票和餐食。据记录显示，该委员会现已解散。
加列戈此前曾告诉福克斯新闻，斯沃韦尔与加列戈的这个政治行动委员会曾为2023年亚利桑那州格伦代尔的超级碗相关筹款活动举办筹款晚宴，为加列戈的竞选募集资金。
斯沃韦尔于今年4月辞去国会职务，并结束了加利福尼亚州州长竞选，此前有多名女性指控他存在性骚扰行为。斯沃韦尔否认了这些指控。
加列戈否认存在竞选财务不当行为，且未被指控任何罪名。据一位因能坦率谈论此事而要求匿名的知情人士透露，司法部尚未就任何潜在或正在进行的调查联系加列戈。美国司法部的调查对象通常不会在调查初期收到通知，他们往往是在寻求起诉、或通过法院授权的搜查获取传票或扣押相关记录时才得知调查事宜。
加列戈的一位发言人在一份声明中驳斥此次调查是出于政治动机。司法部的一位发言人拒绝置评。
“特朗普正将目标对准加列戈参议员，而这个历史上最被滥用的司法部却对特朗普前所未有的腐败视而不见，”这位发言人说道。“就在参议院道德委员会于几周前澄清加列戈参议员未遭该政府推动的右翼抹黑数周后，此事随即曝光，这一点都不令人意外。”
威利·赖因律师事务所合伙人、选举法与政府道德实践联合主席迦勒·伯恩斯表示，针对竞选资金被不当用于个人用途的调查高度依赖具体事实，将取决于资金使用与竞选目的之间的关联程度。
“国会议员通常会动用竞选资金出差或参加活动，只要该活动有明确的竞选目的，例如他们正在出席的竞选筹款活动，”伯恩斯告诉CBS新闻。“与竞选活动的关联越弱，就越能合理地主张这笔竞选资金被用于个人用途。”
此次调查最先由《阿克塞尔新闻》（Axios）报道。
加列戈的办公室周一早些时候表示，两党道德委员会于上周五驳回了针对加列戈的一项无关投诉。佛罗里达州的共和党众议员安娜·保利娜·卢娜于4月将相关不当行为指控提交给该两党委员会，称这些指控“涉及性内容”且存在竞选财务违规行为。加列戈当时否认了这些指控。
该委员会写给加列戈的一封信中表示，“未发现证据表明你的行为违反了联邦法律、参议院规则或相关行为标准”。加列戈的办公室已将这封信公开。
该委员会还表示，加列戈在整个调查过程中提供了“全面配合”。该小组表示，他们审查了投诉中提及的个人的陈述、联邦选举委员会报告、参众两院支出报告以及其他相关信息。
“与往常一样，如果委员会获悉额外事实，仍有权重新审查此事，”该道德委员会表示。
Justice Department investigating Sen. Ruben Gallego’s use of campaign funds, sources say
2026-06-30T17:16:00-0400 / CBS News
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Updated on: June 30, 2026 / 7:02 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The Justice Department has launched an investigation into Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona for possible campaign finance violations, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
The case was prompted by a whistleblower complaint in Southern California, one of the sources added.
The investigation focuses on Gallego’s usage of campaign funds since 2019 for family trips, according to a source familiar with the probe. Federal Election Commission records show that Gallego has billed his campaign accounts for trips to Puerto Rico, Nantucket, Miami and other places.
Federal records also show that in 2023, a political action committee set up by Gallego and former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California spent over $37,000 on tickets and meals for the Super Bowl. According to records, the committee has since been terminated.
Swalwell and Gallego’s PAC held a fundraiser in connection with the 2023 Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, to raise money for Gallego’s election, he has previously told Fox News.
Swalwell resigned from Congress in April and ended his bid for California governor after several women accused him of sexual misconduct. Swalwell has denied the allegations.
Gallego has denied campaign finance wrongdoing and has not been charged with any crime. He has not been contacted by the Justice Department about any potential or ongoing probe, according to a person familiar with the matter granted anonymity to speak frankly about the situation. Subjects of Justice Department investigations are not typically notified in the early stages and often find out about probes when an indictment is sought, or when records are subpoenaed or seized through a court-authorized search.
In a statement, a spokesman for Gallego dismissed the investigation as politically motivated. A spokesperson for the Justice Department declined to comment.
“Trump is targeting Senator Gallego while the most weaponized Department of Justice in history is turning a blind eye to Trump’s unprecedented corruption,” the spokesman said. “It’s the least surprising news of the week that this comes immediately after the Senate Ethics Committee cleared Senator Gallego of rightwing smears pushed by the administration weeks ago.”
Caleb Burns, a partner at the law firm of Wiley Rein and co-chair of its Election Law & Government Ethics practice, said an investigation into impermissible personal use of campaign funds is highly fact-specific and will depend on the extent to which there is a link to a campaign purpose.
“Members of Congress will routinely spend campaign funds to travel or go to an event because there is a clear campaign purpose associated with it, for example, a campaign fundraising event they are attending,” Burns told CBS News. “The more attenuated the campaign connection, the more viable a claim that campaign funds were spent for personal use.”
The investigation was first reported by Axios.
The bipartisan Ethics Committee dismissed an unrelated complaint against Gallego last Friday, his office said earlier Monday. GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida referred alleged misconduct to the bipartisan panel in April, saying the allegations were “sexual in nature” and involved campaign finance violations. Gallego denied those allegations at the time.
A letter to Gallego from the committee said it “did not find evidence that your actions violated federal law, Senate rules or related standards of conduct.” Gallego’s office made the letter public.
The committee also said Gallego provided “full cooperation” throughout its investigation. The panel said it considered statements offered by individuals identified in the complaint, Federal Election Commission reports, House and Senate expenditure reports and other information.
“As always, the Committee retains the authority to revisit this matter should additional facts become known to the Committee,” the ethics panel said.
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