Complaint Against Daschle Is Dismissed
The Senate Ethics Committee said Thursday that it had dismissed a complaint that Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.C.) had improperly used his influence to help a friend who owned a charter air service.
The complaint came from the widows of three doctors killed in the 1994 crash of a plane operated by the company. They said Daschle had acted to ease federal inspections for the company in his home state.
The National Transportation Safety Board blamed the crash on pilot error and bad weather.
“The committee has concluded that contacts and actions by Sen. Daschle and his staff were routine and proper constituent services,” the committee said in a written statement.
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