Posted on 03/24/2018 9:31:33 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The House Committee on Ethics released a series of reports on Friday and ordered Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D., Ill.) to repay the government after allegations he misused federal funds.
Gutiérrez has been told to repay $9,700 to the Treasury as a result of what was called "inadvertent" use of funds provided to his office for its operation, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
The Illinois Democrat had hired former chief of staff Doug Scofield to advise his office, resulting in questions as to whether Scofield was acting as official staff.
"The OCE Board recommends that the Committee on Ethics further review the allegation, as there is substantial reason to believe that Representative Gutierrez used funds from his MRA for an impermissible purpose – to retain an individual to provide services to his congressional office that more closely resembled those provided by an employee or consultant, rather than a contractor – in violation of federal law and House rules," the Office of Congressional Ethics recommended.
Gutiérrez is one of the worst of the worst.
If he doesn’t, send him to PRISON!
any congresscritter that steals from the government should be precluded from running for re-election.
How long would this guy keep his job in corporate America with this finding? 3 seconds.
Great news!
” .. to retain an individual to provide services to his congressional office...”
Provide services to his office; as in servicing him? More details, please. Maybe Stormy isn’t the only whore on the Hill.
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