Republicans Stealing Money from their Election Campaigns
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Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]A+ NRA Rating4/16/24Stole over $132,000 from multiple political accounts to pay for vacations with his family, housing costs and personal credit card statements by siphoning money from a loosely regulated political account that prosecutors alleged he used as his own "unregulated slush fund" into his own pocketAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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8/11/23Illegally transferred $91,000 from his political campaign and a nonprofit organization to an authorized federal campaign committee supporting his candidacy using money not subject to reporting regulations to help his 2016 bid for US Congress and then hid the transactions from the FECAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Jeremy HutchinsonFmr. State Senator [R-AR]24 Years in GOP2/03/23Illegally spent over $100,000 in campaign contributions on personal expenses and then tried to cover it up by filing numerous false tax returnsHe pleaded guilty to tax and wire fraud and was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $350,000 in fines
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John OxendineFmr. Commissioner [R-GA]5/12/22Spent roughly $100,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses that included a down payment on a home, luxury cars and childcare expensesAccording to a complaint filed by the Georgia Ethics Commission which he settled by agreeing to forfeit $128,000 dollars left in his campaign account without admitting any guilt
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Sam McCannFmr. State Senator [R-IL]2/03/21Spent over $600,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses including his mortgage, paying off personal loans, multiple vehicles, a motor home, family vacations and a host of other things that had nothing to do with his campaignAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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John CoursonFmr. State Senator [R-SC]6/04/18Stole $159k from his election campaign and spent it on personal expenses by routing funds through a political consulting firm that in turn paid him over a series of transactionsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative2/08/17Gave $29,800 in campaign funds to a professional gambler with a long criminal record and an additional $25,000 to his wife, illegally reimbursed himself $11,946.65 from his campaign account for expenses he provided no documentation of and spent thousands more on personal expenses including an airplane ticket for his wife, custom suits, spa products, sunglasses, lawncare and paint for his home office, among many other thingsAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outletsAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Duncan HunterFmr. U.S. RepresentativeFirst Rep. to endorse Trump in '162016 04Stole $250,000 from his campaign to spend on everyday personal expenses like family vacations, private school tuition and jewelry in addition to a multitude of expenses that funded at least five extramarital relationships on things like ride shares, bar tabs and hotel roomsHe pleaded guilty to using campaign funds for private use and was sentenced to eleven months in prison, but was pardoned by Donald Trump before his sentence began
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Aaron SchockFmr. U.S. Representative3/17/15Filed $50,000 in false expense reports to his campaign lying about driving 90,000 more miles than he actually did in reimbursement formsAccording to a report by Politico