The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, the person who is second in the presidential line of succession, has been accused of illegally paying rent to East County Rep. Darrell Issa from campaign cash, two complaints filed with federal regulators show.

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana and his campaign “appear to have used campaign funds to rent Johnson a personal residence, a clear-cut violation of federal campaign finance laws that prohibit using campaign funds to pay for personal expenses,” the Federal Elections Commission complaint alleges.

The complaint was filed earlier this month by the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan government-watchdog nonprofit based in Washington, D.C.

The oversight group also submitted a complaint to the Office of Congressional Conduct, which until

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