{"id":42244,"date":"2026-07-10T15:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=42244"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:56:39","slug":"illinois-house-committee-to-investigate-actions-by-urbana-rep-ammons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/42244-illinois-house-committee-to-investigate-actions-by-urbana-rep-ammons\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois House Committee to Investigate Actions by Urbana Rep. Ammons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>(AMMONS)<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Republican petition triggers special committee\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By BEN SZALINSKI<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Article Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Republicans filed a petition to create a special investigating committee into Rep. Carol Ammons\u2019 conduct that led to her indictment.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammons was charged Wednesday with 10 felonies for her role in a scheme prosecutors say was designed to enrich herself and her daughter using campaign funds and state grants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The committee will likely explore those allegations and determine if her actions require punishment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPRINGFIELD \u2014 An Illinois House committee will investigate actions by Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, following her indictment on 10 federal charges this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A group of 11 House Republicans filed a petition on Friday to create a special investigating committee, a sparingly used process laid out in House rules that can be initiated by any three members, regardless of party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The body, which by rule has its members appointed by the legislative leaders, is expected to explore Ammons\u2019 conduct and could ultimately lead to her expulsion from the General Assembly. But when it will get to work isn\u2019t immediately clear. The process was last used to probe then-House Speaker Michael Madigan in 2020. Now-House Speaker Emanuel \u201cChris\u201d Welch, D-Hillside, chaired that effort, which did not end in discipline, though Madigan was eventually convicted in court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDemocratic leadership has said the courts should handle this,\u201d House Republican Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, said in a statement. \u201cThe courts should absolutely do their job, but the Illinois House has a responsibility to do ours. Accountability in the legislature cannot be outsourced to the criminal justice system.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammons, a state representative since 2015, was indicted on multiple felony charges Wednesday, including wire fraud, lying to an FBI agent and obstructing justice. Her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, was also charged with obstructing justice. Ammons\u2019 daughter, Titianna Ammons, was not charged in the scheme despite prosecutors alleging she was a beneficiary of her mom\u2019s illegal actions. Titianna Ammons is facing federal unemployment fraud charges in a separate case, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read more: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/republicans-call-for-more-transparency-accountability-after-disgraceful-week-for-house-democrats\/\"><b>State Rep. Carol Ammons indicted in scheme to receive kickbacks, misusing campaign funds<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prosecutors allege that starting in 2017, Ammons and her daughter \u201creceived financial benefits in excess of $100,000\u201d via a scheme including illegal payments from the \u201cFriends of Carol Ammons\u201d campaign account and from payments made to Titianna Ammons from local nonprofits that received state grant funds arranged by the lawmaker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammons released a statement on Friday pledging to fight the charges, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-gazette.com\/breaking_news\/i-have-done-nothing-wrong-carol-ammons-speaks-out-on-indictment\/article_63a3177c-9d1c-4dc7-9fe9-43e3b7b1c6c5.html?utm_campaign=blox&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawS98VdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe4DXbE97TfZEuA-y4EaAOg8c0hyLilJmu-Kb2f2pmj9Z5v7zkxBJyRj5-lZ4_aem_q_VVyr-ndvqeSp98RvK6cQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to the News-Gazette<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She is set to be arraigned in court on July 16.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want to be clear: I have done nothing wrong, and I strongly disagree with the allegations outlined in this indictment,\u201d Ammons said. \u201cI have complete confidence that the facts will demonstrate my innocence, and I intend to vigorously defend myself through the judicial process. Because this matter is now before the courts, I will not litigate the facts through the media. I have great respect for our judicial system, and I am confident the legal process will provide the appropriate forum for the truth to be established.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read more: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/republicans-call-for-more-transparency-accountability-after-disgraceful-week-for-house-democrats\/\"><b>Republicans call for more transparency, accountability after \u2018disgraceful week\u2019 for House Democrats<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>How it works<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to House rules, the petition that lists the specific charges the House will be tasked with probing will not be made public until the committee is established. Welch named Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago, chair of the committee, with Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, and Rep. Lilian Jimenez, D-Chicago, joining him. All three are attorneys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe special investigating committee is another process to ensure the House responds appropriately and within our purview \u2014 while ensuring nothing we do interferes with the ongoing federal case,\u201d Welch said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McCombie selected Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, to lead the Republican side of the committee. He will be joined by Rep. Dan Ugaste, R-Geneva, and Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per rule, the committee will hold hearings and Ammons an opportunity to testify under oath. If at the end of the hearings at least four of the members vote to authorize charges against her, another 12-member bipartisan committee would be created to weigh any disciplinary action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If discipline is recommended, it would go to the full House for a vote. Most punishments would require a supermajority vote of 71 members, while it takes 79 votes to remove Ammons from the House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not clear when the initial investigating committee will first meet, however. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Uploads\/Rules\/House\/104th_House_Rules.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House rules<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> don\u2019t outline any timeline for starting the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammons has already been removed from the Democratic Caucus and lost access to speaker\u2019s office staff members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Fourth time in 15 years\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The committee investigating Ammons will be the first since Republicans <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/after-republican-petition-special-committee-will-investigate-madigans-comed-ties\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">initiated the 2020 probe of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madigan after he was named as \u201cPublic Official A\u201d and accused in court documents of bribing utility Commonwealth Edison.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welch chaired that committee, which was formed within days of the Republican-filed petition. But the process was prolonged and the committee held just three meetings in four months, and it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/democrats-vote-to-end-legislative-investigation-of-madigan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deadlocked<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on party lines with Democrats voting against a motion that stated Madigan engaged in conduct unbecoming of a lawmaker. Madigan was later charged with 23 felonies and found guilty on 10 counts. He was sentenced to more than seven years in prison.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welch said after the committee dissolved that he believed the courts were a better place to handle legal allegations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A special committee was also established in 2020 to investigate former Democratic Rep. Luis Arroyo after he was charged in a bribery scheme. Welch signed the petition to create that committee, but Arroyo resigned before it could meet. Arroyo pleaded guilty and was sent to prison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, was the last lawmaker to be expelled from the House following a special investigating committee. He was kicked out of the legislature in 2012 after he was charged with bribery, though he was reelected to the House later that year. He eventually gave up his office when he was convicted in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brenden Moore contributed.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. 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