Republicans Stealing from the Government

Stole $9,657 in proceeds from an online auction of old government-owned vehicles and deposited the money into his personal bank account

Illegally obtained over $45,000 in Small Business Covid-Relief Funds out of $150,000 he applied for claiming that dormant companies he owned with no employees actually had 6 employees and revenue of $800k

Funneled more than $202,000 in state funds earmarked for legislative mailers to personal accounts using a fictitious consulting company called Phoenix Solutions

Funneled more than $202,000 in state funds earmarked for legislative mailers to personal accounts using a fictitious consulting company called Phoenix Solutions

Illegally spent $92,800 in taxpayer funds over ten years for rent on two next door cottages that were well outside his district and not used for government purposes (one for living and the other for personal storage) and hid it by falsely declaring the one he didn't live at as a "district office" in which he -- not coincidentally -- billed the state twice the rent for in a scheme helped his legislative aide's relatives who owned them

Stole an unknown amount from parking meters that was supposed to be deposited into a government bank account and sold government office furniture through a social media account with the intention of keeping the money he made from the sale

Engineered an illegal $233,647 taxpayer funded payment to himself from the Maryland Environmental Service by lying that then Maryland Governor Larry Hogan approved it as his severance

Embezzled $400k in taxpayer money by using a government issued credit card on personal purchases including cryptocurrency and professional sports memorabilia

Received over $400k in federal COVID relief by falsely claiming two defunct businesses were still operational

Embezzled $46,500 including $27,500 from the city of Stockton, CA, with the help of his executive assistant

Used a government-issued credit card for personal expenses including gasoline, claimed mileage for trips that he used a government-owned vehicle for, pressured a witness to lie to federal investigators and lied to investigators himself

Hired a prostitute on two separate occasions and took her to a hotel room he used taxpayer dollars to pay for while also being a married father of three who voted for stricter solicitation laws shortly before getting caught

Pocketed $46,500 in state grants designated for community upgrades by manipulating the bidding process to award his company a contract for work that was never done

Ordered the head of state police Paul Collier to "be prepared to arrest" his wife's chief of staff Heather Hannah in order to prevent her from going public with details of an affair he had with a senior political adviser

Ordered head of the state police Paul Collier to track down a secret recording of him speaking with a woman he was having an extramarital affair with so he could presumably have the recording destroyed

Received nearly $50,000 he was not entitled to after he lied about driving 90,000 more miles than he actually did in reimbursement forms he filed with the government and his campaign

Spent tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds on private jets, automobiles, tickets to the Super Bowl, massages and cigars and many other things over a five-year period

Funneled roughly $2.3 million to his private businesses by leveraging his status as state Speaker of the House and chair of the Alabama Republican Party to solicit favors from some of Alabama's most influential politicians (including former Gov. Bob Riley) and businesspeople

Charged local taxpayers to reimburse him $1,331 on expenses he spent entertaining a subordinate he was having an extramarital affair with and on rental cars he used to visit the woman and his wife on different weekends

Pocketed $50k in federal grant money that was supposed to have been returned to the government by a charity with alleged ties to terrorism who hired him to lobby for their removal from a list of charities suspected of funding terrorism and tried to hide it by funneling the money through various nonprofits