Posted on 10/11/2021 3:29:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s state auditor, who is responsible for rooting out government fraud, waste and abuse, was indicted Monday on public corruption charges.
An indictment issued by a New Castle County grand jury charges Kathleen McGuiness, 58, with felony counts of theft and witness intimidation, and misdemeanor charges of official misconduct, conflict of interest and noncompliance with state procurement laws.
Prosecutors said the charges include allegations that McGuiness hired her daughter and one of her daughter’s friends, both high school seniors at the time, as temporary employees in May 2020, even though other temporary employees had to leave their positions because of the lack of available work amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Authorities said Elizabeth McGuiness, who has not been charged, continued to be paid even after enrolling at a college in South Carolina last August, and that she was still listed as an employee as recently as Aug. 28 of this year. She was initially listed as a “public information officer” and later as an “intern.”
Payments to McGuiness’ daughter totaling $19,000 were deposited into a bank account for which McGuiness is a listed owner. The daughter’s friend was paid more than $7,700.
“As millions of Americans, including her own employees, lost their jobs, the auditor, whose job is to protect your tax dollars from abuse, used her power to hire her daughter, no questions asked,” state Attorney General Kathleen Jennings, a fellow Democrat, said at a news conference outside the New Castle County courthouse Monday. “She paid her daughter thousands of tax dollars, even when the daughter wasn’t showing up to work.”
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She didn’t steal enough. She would have gotten away with it if she stole millions. Her bosses would have covered for her rather than be embarrassed.
Kathleen Kramedas McGuiness is an American politician who serves as Delaware State Auditor. She was elected as Delaware’s first female state auditor in 2018. Wikipedia
Born: February 14, 1967 (age 54 years), Dover, DE
Party: Democratic Party
Office: Delaware State Auditor since 2019
Never heard of her before today
Does Kathleen audit elections?
Obviously failed to kick back enough to the Big Guy.
“Does Kathleen audit elections?”
Even Trump doesn’t win Delaware.
Yup.
Seven paragraphs before they mention party affiliation.
Probably an accident or an oversight
🤪🤪🤪
At least someone’s being indicted for something.
Payments to McGuiness’ daughter totaling $19,000 were deposited into a bank account for which McGuiness is a listed owner. The daughter’s friend was paid more than $7,700.
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This is wrong, but the scale of her crime is dwarfed by what the Biden crime family has done over the years in Delaware. If one was suspicious in nature, one might wonder if she had uncovered something that best remain hidden and the powers that be decided to take her out.
Unclear reporting, since mother & daughter are both "McGuiness"; was daughter's pay paid into an account of Mommy Dearest, without daughter's knowledge; or was it the daughter's account?
These liberals just can’t keep their fingers out of the till. Conservatives are not that much better, just somewhat. I agree as one mentioned that she did not steal enough, if she had it probably would have been swept under the rug.
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