Posted on 01/30/2017 11:06:17 AM PST by Cheerio
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D., N.Y.) has paid more than $150,000 to a company owned by the wife of his New York chief of staff since 2008, a review of campaign finance records shows.
Meeks, who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1998, has employed Robert Simmons in his New York office as chief of staff since 2006. Simmons is the second highest-paid staffer on Meeks' payroll, earning a yearly salary of around $70,000, according to data from Legistorm.
Robert Simmons' wife, Patsy, is listed as the treasurer for Friends for Gregory Meeks, the congressman's campaign committee. Campaign committee treasurers are typically unpaid friends of the politician.
However, acting as treasurer has proved lucrative for Patsy Simmons. Patsy has profited quietly from Meeks' campaign, earning more than $100,000 in a scheme revealed by the New York Post seven years ago.
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If an R theyd be calling for impeachment and jail time.
This isn’t the first time that Meeks has been caught doing something illegal or corrupt.
pretty much a take, out of the Jesse Jackson Jr. playbook that sent him and his wife to jail
Gotta fund the life-style.
So, what’s new?
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