So, I guess the first order of business is just WHO runs or is in this Congressional Office of Compliance? Secondly, where does the money that has been expended show up in the budget? Is it a line item? Or is it really a slush fund, and to whose budget is it attached? The Speaker? Thirdly, who actually make the determinations as to what is paid out and who specifically authorizes those payments? This information should be a matter of public record, and subject to a FOIA inquiry.
Lastly, for whose benefit have disbursements been made, and where are the non-disclosure agreements that have been signed by recipients?
THIS JUST IN from DETROIT FREE PRESS: EXCERPT:
Late Tuesday afternoon, the House Ethics Committee issued a statement saying it was aware of allegations that
(A) Conyers may have engaged in sexual harassment
(B) age discrimination, and,
(C) misuse of government resources.
All are under investigation.
No details yet on the basis for the additional allegations.
THE CONYERS MO-—John Conyers STOLE $27,000 tax dollars to pay hush money... media missing the story. “If the woman dropped her complaint and signed a legal document attesting that Conyers had done no wrong, and if she agreed never to disparage him or make subsequent claims, she’d be re-hired as a temporary “no-show” employee and paid $27,111.75 over the course of three months. She accepted the terms.”
A NOTORIOUS CASE OF CONYERS ABUSE the victim was fired then rehired and paid a salary out of his tax-paid office budget.......but told not to show up in his office again.
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