Posted on 09/06/2023 7:40:22 AM PDT by bitt
Deferred’ compensation not on record – anywhere
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, the Georgia Democrat who’s been involved in a scandal over his church evicting residents from a government-subsidized housing complex it owns, now has another apparent ethics breach to face.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust is insisting that the Senate Select Committee on Ethics “immediately investigate” Warnock for his $155,000 payday in 2022 from the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where he apparently still is a part-time pastor.
The Washington Examiner reports the problem is that the Senate has a $30,000 limit on outside income for senators.
And while Warnock claimed that the additional cash windfall was for “deferred compensation” for services before he became a senator, that is recorded nowhere.
Not in his financial disclosures, not in the church records.
The report said Warnock “may have flouted federal law” with the income.
The Examiner confirmed he didn’t list it as an asset in 2021 or in the church’s 2021 financial records.
“The fact that neither Senator Warnock nor his employer reportedly disclosed the ‘deferred compensation’ agreement prior to it being paid in 2022 indicates that it was likely not actually deferred compensation earned before Warnock became a senator,” the foundation’s Kendra Arnold explained in the complaint about Warnock.
“Nevertheless, even if the parties entered into a deferred compensation agreement before he was a senator, it should have been disclosed before it was,” Arnold said. “When the facts presented so clearly indicate a violation has occurred, it is incumbent on the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate, inform the public to maintain citizen confidence, and hold the senator responsible for violations should they be found.”
The report explained Warnock has been employed by the church since 2005 and apparent still is employed there, even while being a senator. Earlier, he reported taking in $120,000 from the church, with $89,000 purportedly a nontaxable “parsonage allowance” which he used for his $1 million Atlanta home.
Federal rules require that senators and candidates report all “deferred compensation.”
FACT reported the fines for violating the rules could be up to $50,000 in fines or a year in prison.
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Check his freezer.
There it is. A (D) after his name. Not guilty.
Same place where the dead guy sat in the lobby for a few days, isn’t it?
Very Christian of the Senator. That and his support for abortion.
when it comes to a rogue government deciding who to investigate and who to bring indictments against, only one thing determines that outcome...
(D) OR. (R) ( unless the (r) is a unified member of the uniparty. )
all others have a target on their back.
” the Senate has a $30,000 limit on outside income for senators.”
Bwahahahaahhaahhaha!!!!!
I almost spit out my Tequila.
Figures.....lol.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust wants the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to investigate” Ga Democrat Sen Raphael Warnock for his $155,000 payday in 2022 from the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta where he claims to be a part-time pastor. The Wash/Examiner reports the Senate has a $30,000 limit on outside income for US senators.
Warnock claims the windfall was for “deferred compensation services” before he was a senator,
<><> but the deferred compensation deal is recorded nowhere.
<><>not in his financial disclosures,
<><>not in the church records.
<><>he didn’t list it as an asset in 2021 or in the church’s 2021 financial records.
“The fact that neither Senator Warnock nor his employer reportedly disclosed the ‘deferred compensation’ agreement indicates that it was likely not actually deferred compensation,” the foundation’s Kendra Arnold explained in the complaint about Warnock.
Contact
Senate Select Committee on Ethics
Address: 220 Hart Building,
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Telephone: (202) 224-2981
Fax: (202) 224-7416
TDD: (202) 228-3752
Democrat
That covers all the bases Joey smiles.
This guy always looked like a crook to me.
He gets a very special “exemption.”
Warnock should be ejected from the US Senate as a result of a ruling yesterday that the GA election he was seated from cannot be certified due to violation of state election law regarding signature matching.
Nothing will happen to him.
” the Senate has a $30,000 limit on outside income for senators.”
I don’t think that applies to sons kicking up $$ to the Big Guy
Any Senator that doesn’t have at least one undisclosed side hustle is too stupid to serve in office.
Liz!
They all do this. The GOP will never allow an investigation like this to go forward, way too much collateral damage.
Waste of time. Nothing will happen since he is a democrat.
Ah, but democrat African-American “preachers” receiving hundreds of thousands of tax-ignored income is ... not a story.
They also support abortion, and so cannot be guilty of anything.
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