Sources tell the Oklahoma Political News Service that the Oklahoma Ethics Commission has begun an investigation into alleged campaign donation irregularities committed by officials with the House GOP Political Action Committee during the 2004 election cycle.

In particular, the ethics commission is interested in financial transactions between the House GOP PAC and the Oklahoma County Republican Party.

The sources did not indicate which officials of the House PAC were targets of the investigation, but they did tell OKPNS that some current GOP House members and Oklahoma County officials may have been served notice of the investigation. Further, the sources indicate Oklahoma City attorney Robert McCampbell, a former United States Attorney, has been retained to represent all of those who may face investigation by the ethics commission.

The House GOP PAC war chest was key in the 2004 battle to wrest control of the House from Democrats, and several rank and file GOP members have been privately complaining about the methods used by House GOP Leadership since their rise to power.

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