A disturbing trend has emerged in recent years among state House speakers. (via MaddowBlog)
added that some of that $60 million ended up benefiting the Republican lawmaker personally: Prosecutors pointed to evidence that Householder used the money to pay down legal debts, credit card bills, and repairs to a home in Florida., published before yesterday’s conviction was announced:
Legal experts say that if the jury convicts Householder, the case could send a message through the campaign finance world about the consequences of misusing dark-money groups, a term for a category of tax-exempt nonprofits that can raise unlimited sums to influence politics without ever disclosing their donors. But the experts warn that an acquittal could open the floodgates even more for the political use of such secret donation groups.
As regular readers might recall, it was in October 2014 when Bobby Harrell, the Republican state House speaker in South Carolina,A month later, Mike Hubbard, the Republican state House speaker in Alabama, for multiple alleged felonies, including the misuse of his public office for personal gain. He ultimately served more than two years in prison.Sheldon Silver, the Democratic state House speaker in New York, on corruption charges. He, too, was later sentenced to prison.on federal racketeering charges. His trial is still pending.
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