Federal authorities arrested Massachusetts state Democrat David Nangle Tuesday on several corruption charges.

BREAKING: Federal authorities outlining how they say State Rep. David Nangle misused his campaign funds and defrauded the IRS out of tens of thousands of dollars. Coming up at noon we’ll breakdown the allegations and explain how the FBI believes he tried to cover it all up #7News pic.twitter.com/IeNpns1LPe — Juliana Mazza (@julianamazzatv) February 18, 2020

Nangle was sitting on the House Ethics Committee.

Rep David Nangle, a DEMOCRAT, serving on the House “Ethics Committee” was just arrested by FBI at his home on dozens of charges, including allegations he illegally used campaign funds. Nangle is also a member of the House and Joint Committees on Rules. https://t.co/6cGK36cnap — Veteran For Trump (@Veteran4Trump) February 18, 2020

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Here is the DOJ announcement.

Nangle is a compulsive gambler.

MassLive reported: