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Tennessee state GOP lawmaker resigns over ethics complaint
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A state lawmaker in Tennessee resigned suddenly for an ethics violation that became public Thursday, two weeks after he joined fellow Republicans in expelling two Black Democratic legislators for protesting in support of gun control on the state House floor.
Rep. Scotty Campbell, vice chair of the House Republican Caucus, violated the Legislature's workplace discrimination and harassment policy. The brief Ethics Subcommittee findings document from late March did not provide specifics and said no more information would be released.
Campbell's resignation came hours after Nashville CBS affiliate WTVF-TV confronted him about sexual harassment allegations involving legislative interns.
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