Ethics Commission will investigate McKee’s ‘free lunch’ with lobbyist. What to know.

This article originally appeared in the Providence Journal on July 25, 2023 and was written by Patrick Anderson.  

Below is executive director John Marion’s comment on the ethics probe recently launched by the State Ethics Commission into Gov. Dan McKee’s January lunch with controversial lobbyists.

The ethics case is likely to hinge on the money paid for the lunch and, as Common Cause Rhode Island executive director John Marion described it, whether the governor “ordered the $24 Cobb salad or the $39 steak for lunch.”

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