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Financial disclosure forms filed by Amash show that he was paid $60,000 in 2009 by Amash Imports, now known as Michigan Industrial Tools Inc., a hand tool company founded by his father, Attallah. The amount Amash earned from the family business jumped significantly the following year, when he was campaigning for his congressional seat. According to his 2010 disclosure, Amash received $20,000 from Amash Imports between Jan. 1, 2010 and the end of April of that year, but a form filed in 2011 shows he earned a total of $200,000 from Amash Imports in 2010, indicating that he received the bulk of the money during campaign season. Amash loaned his campaign roughly $175,000 in 2010 and $25,000 in 2011, according to FEC documents. Only candidates themselves and chartered banks can lend money to campaigns, and campaign finance law considers loans to be contributions from the time they are made until they are repaid. Amash made seven loans to his campaign in 2010, beginning in February, but the majority, $150,000 was distributed at the height of the campaign between June 30 and October 22. The campaign repaid Amash $150,000 over the course of 2012 and 2013. Will Adams, Amash’s spokesman, said there was nothing unusual or improper about the timing of the payments and campaign loans. He said that Amash was asked to create a brand of tools for his family’s business, and was awarded a performance bonus for his work. “Justin created the Tekton brand in 2009,” Adams said. “It is Michigan Industrial Tool’s most successful line, resulting in more than 10 million dollars of increased sales for the company.” Amash has not received a salary from Amash Imports since he became a congressman, but receives a proportionate part of the profits based on his partial ownership of the company.: Justin Amash Got A Big Raise From His Dad Just Before Loaning His Campaign Money

The foreign agent Amash is hoping to get some bribe money from his Muslim Brotherhood friends if he throws Michigan to the Democrats by going third party in 2020.