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Rep. Chuck Edwards files complaint against House Ethics

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Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) filed a complaint against the top Republican and Democrat on the House Ethics Committee on Tuesday, accusing the lawmakers who investigated him of breaking their own rules. Why it matters: Edwards is escalating his fight against the committee just two weeks after the House voted 413-2 to censure him over its findings that he violated House rules related to sexual harassment and a hostile workplace. Edwards' complaint asks the Office of Congressional Conduct to investigate Ethics Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and ranking member Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.) over their handling of his case. The Ethics Committee has previously disputed Edwards' account of the process. When it released its report last month, Guest and DeSaulnier said Edwards had agreed to waive certain procedural steps after reviewing a draft of the report several days earlier. The committee's findings follow Axios' reporting that Edwards singled out two young female staffers in their 20s for speci