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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEmbattled GOP Senator Says a Staffer Messed Up His Campaign Reports and Vanished. We Found Him in
Minutes.A Republican senator faces serious allegations that he illegally loaned his campaign millions of dollars from his company. But the senator in questionRepublican Mike Braun of Indianasays he cant fully answer the governments questions because one of his key staffers vanished.
The Daily Beast found him within minutes.
On Wednesday morning, the Federal Election Commission released its audit of Brauns campaign committee, alleging a litany of serious financial reporting errors, as well as millions of dollars in allegedly improper loans Braun used to finance his 2018 bidincluding $1.5 million routed from the candidates former company.
However, the campaign claims it cannot fully comply because its former treasurer vanished, and they have not been able to locate him in three years.
But the campaign must not be looking very hard. It only took The Daily Beast minutes to identify and locate the man. His mother said in a phone call that she would pass along a request for comment.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Nov 2021
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IMO the truth is the staffer quit when he saw the scale of the fraud, refusing to sign off.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2021
#6
The power and the ego rush really blinds them to their potential future danger.
lindysalsagal
Nov 2021
#12
spanone
(138,439 posts)1. trump set the bar, no lie is too outrageous
malaise
(281,840 posts)2. Another one should bite the dust
We can hope
MagickMuffin
(17,466 posts)3. Why does this remind me of this?
patphil
(7,527 posts)4. You "can't" find what you don't want to find.
FelineOverlord
(3,804 posts)5. Roger spoke with his Mom
NoSheep
(8,285 posts)9. HAHAHA!
COL Mustard
(7,269 posts)15. Just Another Politician Who Should Be Embarrassed
But won't be. And I hate hate hate the "it was my staff" attitude.
Ford_Prefect
(8,289 posts)6. IMO the truth is the staffer quit when he saw the scale of the fraud, refusing to sign off.
irisblue
(34,816 posts)7. Yet again, a Republician equals a liar
Champp
(2,114 posts)8. Republicans grifting and lying. As usual.
How degenerate...
LymphocyteLover
(7,549 posts)10. my awful, embarrassing MAGA Senator
I so hope we can get rid of him in 2024.
SergeStorms
(19,487 posts)11. ALL TOGETHER NOW.....
IOKIYAR
IT'S
OK
IF
YOU'RE
A
REPUBLICAN!
THANK YOU.
lindysalsagal
(22,503 posts)12. The power and the ego rush really blinds them to their potential future danger.
And no matter how many times they hear stories like this, they all enter into illegal shenanigans believing, "No one will ever know."
70sEraVet
(4,392 posts)14. And I'll guarantee that if somebody uses illegal means to get INTO office,
they won't hesitate to use illegal means to ENRICH themselves in office.
NBachers
(18,371 posts)13. Ah Yes, the old "Rogue Staffer" gambit.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)16. K&R
