He had been accused of violating federal law by purchasing a $31,000 dining room set and failing to inform Congress.
: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has been cleared of any wrongdoing in an ethics probe into the purchase of a $31,000 dining room set for his office suite that created a media firestorm last year.
Career HUD officials, not Carson, determined the furniture in Carson’s office suite was in poor condition and needed to be replaced, the investigation found.
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