A complaint submitted to the FBI is requesting an investigation into whether congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson properly disclosed potential conflicts involving her legislative duties, service on the board of Mater Academy of Northern Nevada, and paid employment with the University of Nevada, Reno.
The complaint asks investigators to examine the overlapping roles and why Benitez-Thompson did not file the required conflict disclosures or recuse herself from votes directing funding to organizations she was working for.
Officials say Benitez-Thompson served on the powerful Assembly Ways and Means Committee while also serving on Mater Academy’s governing board. In 2019, she was vice chair of Ways and Means, which handled state budget matters, including education funding…