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Chuck Edwards gifted pink and blue handguns to young female staffers
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Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) gave two young female staffers each a personalized handgun as a present while they worked in his office in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the gifts.
Key facts
- Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) gave two young female staffers each a personalized handgun as a present while they worked in his office in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the gifts
- During the fall 2025 government shutdown, Edwards vacationed with the staffer in Las Vegas after she left his office, where he arranged for flowers to be waiting in her Bellagio hotel room, according
- Edwards was a licensed firearms dealer until November 2024
- Edwards said: "The reporter has taught several staff members to shoot and handle weapons, and in some cases, the reporter provided them with their own
Summary
The guns, and a surprise musical performance organized by the congressman, are additional examples of Edwards allegedly singling out the young female staffers for unusually personal attention, conduct that is now at the center of a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. Edwards gave one staffer a blue handgun engraved with her name and the other staffer a pink handgun. A lawyer for one of the former staffers told Axios that she "only awkwardly accepted the gift for fear of reprisal against her employment but later legally disposed of it because she did not want it in her possession. A member buying gifts for staffers is not explicitly against House rules.