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Lawmaker keeps wife on payroll
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 05, 2005 06:21pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Dec 04, 2005 06:00pm |
| Description | Filner is sole client of spouse's unregistered consulting business
U.S. Rep. Bob Filner has paid at least $505,000 in campaign funds to his wife for political consulting services since 1995. For the past five years she has run her unregistered business out of their condominium in Washington, D.C.
Filner has properly reported the payments to his wife's business, called Campaign Resources, on his campaign statements. He also has filed annual financial disclosure reports stating that his wife earns an undisclosed salary as a "self-employed consultant."
However, the District of Columbia government has no record of Campaign Resources existing as a business, and directory assistance has no phone listing for that name.
It is illegal to spend campaign funds for personal use, but it is not illegal to use them to pay family members who provide "bona fide services" at fair-market value. Still, election watchdogs question the way the Filners set up their arrangement. |
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