R.I. Ethics Commission dismisses complaint against Governor McKee

But the commission voted 6 to 0 to find there is no probable cause to believe that McKee committed a knowing and willful violation of the ethics code, so it dismissed the complaint “with prejudice.” In June 2023, the Rhode Island Republican Party filed a complaint accusing the Democratic governor of participating in “pay-to-play political culture” by accepting a lunch at the Capital Grille with a lobbyist and executives from a Philadelphia firm, Scout Ltd., seeking $55 million to redevelop the Cranston Street Armory. “The investigation showed that while there...