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Demovictory9

(32,324 posts)
Fri May 4, 2018, 01:28 AM May 2018

Pruitt reimbursed himself $65,000 from Oklahoma attorney general campaign & did other shady stuff

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/03/politics/epa-scott-pruitt-campaign-reimbursements/index.html

Pruitt reimbursed himself $65,000 from Oklahoma attorney general campaign


(CNN)A CNN analysis has found that embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt paid himself nearly $65,000 in reimbursements from his two campaigns for Oklahoma attorney general, a move at least one election watchdog has sharply criticized as being recorded so vaguely that there was no way to tell if such payments were lawful.

The reimbursement method, which Pruitt used in his 2010 and 2014 campaigns, effectively scuttled two key pillars of campaign finance: transparency about how campaign funds are spent and ensuring campaign funds are not used for personal purchases, according to a former top elections attorney and a CNN review of the documents.

Some of the reporting may also violate Oklahoma campaign finance rules, according to research done by the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit and nonpartisan group.

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During his attorney general bids, records show Pruitt made purchases and then received reimbursement from his campaign -- sometimes thousands of dollars apiece -- rather than having the campaign pay directly for expenses like renting a vehicle or purchasing a meal. When purchases are made directly, the campaign filings would show more details about who received the payments.

more shady stuff at the link like how he moved ag office into building of his campaign office at expense of taxpayer
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Pruitt reimbursed himself $65,000 from Oklahoma attorney general campaign & did other shady stuff (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 2018 OP
Total outright looter lunasun May 2018 #1
Boy, is his last name Pruitt or Trump? Their DNA has to be connected. Frustratedlady May 2018 #2
K&R Scurrilous May 2018 #3
This guy is giving Don a run for the money for the title of "Grifter King." Vinca May 2018 #4

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
2. Boy, is his last name Pruitt or Trump? Their DNA has to be connected.
Fri May 4, 2018, 04:03 AM
May 2018

They make their own rules and have no guilt about it.

Sad thing is, I'm sure they are not alone in pilfering campaign funds.

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