Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), under federal indictment in connection with insider trading and lying to investigators, will remain on the ballot in November, his attorney said Monday, reversing Collins’s initial decision to suspend his campaign for reelection. That is a scenario that Republican Party officials had hoped to avoid. Short of death or moving out of state, Collins would have had to accept the Republican nomination for another state office. “Because of the protracted and uncertain nature of any legal effort to replace Congressman Collins we do not see a path allowing Congressman Collins to be replaced on the ballot,” he said. Federal prosecutors charged Collins in August with 11 counts of securities fraud, wire fraud and making false statements to investigators.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2018 16:08 UTC