How a House Dem accused of drunken shenanigans revealed another secret ‘hush fund’

Washington Times ^

[TigerClaws]

Rep. Raul M. Grijalva quietly arranged a “severance package” in 2015 for one of his top staffers who threatened a lawsuit claiming the Arizona Democrat was frequently drunk and created a hostile workplace environment, revealing yet another way that lawmakers can use taxpayer dollars to hide their misbehavior on Capitol Hill

[TigerClaws]

Drain the Swamp!

[seawolf101]

Shocking.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Frank Underwood probably established the fund so he could own them afterward.

[TheConservativeTejano]

Drain the Swamp!

U ain't lying!

The folks in his district should give him a kick on his posterior to get him out as their congress criiter.

He needs to be canned in the next election cycle.

BTW, why didn't the Rino Speaker Paul Ryan give this slush fund a quick kick in the behind and get rid of this thing.

Has this slush fund been there when the Drunkard John Boehner was the Speaker?

BTW, this slush fund stinks to High Heaven!!!

[jettester]

So how was this “contribution” recorded or reported?

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Not a crack at you....but I hate posts that are excerpted and the excerpt does not include the info everyone wants to know.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Dig their dirt and expose them 24/7!!

[TigerClaws]

Posting on the road. Sorry for excerpting.

So we saw from Conyers that Congress can hide settlements by turning it into ordinary salary with the victim just not showing up for work.

This is yet another method to hide taxpayer-funded settlements.

We know about the $17 million fund that they’ve kept hidden.

Is there 2x, 3x, 10x the settlements more than that slush fund??

[Liz]

Conyers hid payoffs through his office budget. We know about the $17 million fund that they’ve kept
hidden by the Office of Compliance.Is there 2x, 3x, 10x the settlements more than that slush fund??

You got that right. Imagine the ways this sex creep Cong Al Greene can hide payoffs.

Congressman Al Green currently serves on the

<><>Financial Services Committee.

And on three financial subcommittees:

<><>Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit,

<><> Monetary Policy and Trade,

<><> Oversight and Investigations, as a Ranking Member,

And is Assistant Whip of the Democratic Party.

[Terry Mross]

I’d be willing to bet this slush fund has been in existence since Wilbur Mills. He had to resign so Congress came up with the pay off fund so they could negotiate in the future.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

My comment was about auto excerpting etc....not you.

[Fhios]

All these revelations. I wonder if Trump or Trump sympathizers are on the move.

Is this the tick tock? When the conservatives start fighting back?

[TheConservativeTejano]

Partner, we taxpayers should be really P.O.ed that Congress has these slush funds for their irresponsibility. It really is amazing that our Tax Dollars and the sum is in the millions of hush money.

Wilbur Mills had a drinking problem and so did our Pubbie Speaker John Boehner. He was shit faced every single day by 8 pm or 9 pm. Probably the main reason he never put together a budget like he was supposed to do every year he was the Speaker.

Paul Ryno probably knew about these slush funds and did not utter a word. Shame on him and every Congress critter that knew about these slush funds.