U.S. ethics panel probes Kentucky lawmaker over wife's lobbying

A special investigative panel will probe allegations that a Kentucky lawmaker helped his wife lobby on behalf of the Humane Society of the United States, the U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee said on Friday. Rep. Ed Whitfield, a Republican, also faces allegations he "used his official position for the beneficial interest of himself or his wife, and dispensed special favors or privileges to either his wife, the Humane Society Legislative Fund or the Humane Society of the United States," according to a statement released by the committee's leaders.

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