In a previous life, I worked for a civil engineering firm. One of my duties while I was there was to ressearch zoning codes to see what was legal or illegal for a given property be it residential, commericial or industrial. In everytown and city I reseached it was illegal for a person to habitate in a commericial (read office or small business) or industrial zone building.
Millions of people may do it and get away with it but it is generally illegal.
Your alleged work experience means nothing on an anonymous internet forum. I challenged the foolish statement you made in your post #2 that "almost anywhere else in the country this would be a crime." You have yet to back it up.
One of my duties while I was there was to ressearch zoning codes to see what was legal or illegal for a given property be it residential, commericial or industrial. In everytown and city I reseached it was illegal for a person to habitate in a commericial (read office or small business) or industrial zone building.
You may have been some kind of lackey in a civil engineering firm, but you clearly aren't an attorney. In what "towns and cities" were first time zoning use violations considered crimes? Can you even name one? I doubt your whole story.
Millions of people may do it and get away with it but it is generally illegal.
This gets back to your original statement. The burden of proof is on the person who made the assertion. Many posters on this thread have challenged you. You allege that a sitting U.S. congressman is engaging in what would normally be criminal behavior. Prove your assertion or retract it. Otherwise your are just another foolish internet blowhard spouting off and doubling down on libelous drivel.