The Halfrican KNEW he was going to be reelected but hit up Demos for campaign money.
Posted on 07/19/2018 8:35:29 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) used political donations to pay for almost $15,000 in tickets for Boston Celtics games, winery tours and trips to Las Vegas, according to a McClatchy article published Thursday.
Nunes, who is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, used money from his political action committee to purchase Celtics tickets three times last year, according to McClatchy's analysis of reports from the Federal Election Commission and two watchdog groups.
His PAC, called New PAC, has also footed the bill for lavish Las Vegas events since 2013, spending a total of $42,741 on catering, rentals, hotels and meals, McClatchy reported.
The most recent Las Vegas expenses were noted in March, when the group sent $7,229 at seven restaurants and hotels, McClatchy reported, adding that the PAC spent thousands at six wineries in Paso Robles and Santa Margarita, Calif.
The outlet also noted that the wineries are located outside of his congressional district.
The PAC spent $5,000 one day on a limousine service. A separate $4,409 charge is listed for the Sea Venture, a beach hotel about 20 miles from Santa Margarita, McClatchy reported.
All of the transactions are listed as fundraising expenses, according to the article.
When asked about his PAC spending by a McClatchy reporter, Nunes replied, “I wish I could help you.”
Nunes's office has not responded to a request for comment by The Hill.
The House Ethics Committee prohibits the use of leadership PACs for personal use, however lawmakers are rarely punished, McClatchy noted.
Campaign Legal Center and Issue One, a watchdog group, released a report on Thursday detailing how lawmakers on Capitol Hill use leadership PACs to pay for “lavish lifestyles.”
PACs are supposed to allow politicians to donate money to other campaigns; however, the new report estimates that only 45 percent of the money given to leadership PACs over the last three election cycles went to other candidates or committees.
Rosenweasel. His move to get Jordon fizzled although it may have been successful in killing his chances to be speaker, which might have been the goal. He also threatened Nunes so here we go.
Nancy Pelosi had her own private 737 she paid for with donations.
But that is fine because she is a RAT.
The only thing thatt the left has.
They didn't come across a server did they, about "This High" and "This Wide", dark gray possibly and answers to HRC?
The Halfrican KNEW he was going to be reelected but hit up Demos for campaign money.
But Hillary’s millions upon millions from public and private sources, foreign and domestic governments, with blaring obvious conflicts of interest...???
We are such a Banana Republic...
He’s been lobbied? Oh no! Raid K Street and lock all the doors and seal all their files. Outlaw lobbyists now! I’m sure the dems would be perfectly ok with that /s
If the Democrats can find every piddling expenditure for anyone on a congressional committee investigating their coup attempt, why can’t they find the DNC server and Hillary’s 33,000 emails?
Why is Nunes PAC being criticized for funding these things when Hillary’s PAC(s) spent much more on even more frivolous things ?
I won’t guess how close Nunes is to uncovering anything in particular, but this is typical McClatchy partisanship. Attack the right, cover for the left. I have seen it for decades.
What the heck?
Why, in this day and age, would ANY politician do that?
If these are “fund-raising expenses”, isn’t it possible that some of the $43,000 was spent on perqs for an able fund-raiser/speaker who commands such things? Some of these guys might be “rock stars”, wanting the brown M&Ms fished out and so on.
Nothing burger. Yawn. Go Nunes!
All part of politics - schmoozing with donors, and part of any elected persons permanent campaign.
The deep state must want Nunes hide very badly.
Anybody bother to check?
Yeah, you’re not going to win over many rich donors with a fold-out card table at the local Hampton Inn off Route 9.
I don’t care what he did with his campaign money, but I have no respect for anyone who would sit and watch a bunch of commie basketball faggots for two or three hours.
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