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Landrieu internal review reveals 43 trips inappropriately funded
Posted on 9/12/14 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 9/12/14 at 6:57 pm
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Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) found that over $33,700 in campaign flights were inappropriately charged to her official account in an internal review of her finances released Friday. The report is sure to draw added scrutiny to her use of charter planes just as her main opponent, Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), is set to introduce a resolution meant to highlight such spending, which he calls a "waste of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars." The review, which was released four days after her self-imposed deadline of Sept. 8, found that the senator took 43 trips, which amounted to 136 campaign functions, that were paid for by funds meant for official business only. Eleven percent of the total amount Landrieu’s office paid for chartered flights should have been paid out of her campaign funds, the review found. Landrieu’s office said she fully reimbursed the Treasury with campaign funds and has notified the Senate Ethics Committee of the errors. She also said in a statement that she’s implemented a new bookkeeping system to prevent similar errors from happening again. "The review I ordered last month found these mistakes stemming from sloppy book keeping. I take full responsibility. They should have never happened, and I apologize for this," Landrieu said. "A new system has been established that has been successfully used by a number of senate offices to provide a safeguard from this happening in the future."
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Posted on 9/12/14 at 7:00 pm to pistolpete23
It's not going to matter. She will be re-elected by the idiotic voters of LA and the cycle will continue to repeat itself. Cassidy has no backbone and will split the vote. I don't want either of them representing me as my state senator.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 7:57 pm to pistolpete23
The Queen Mary is about to be sunk
Posted on 9/12/14 at 9:27 pm to pistolpete23
She might get beat, but this report will have nothing to do with it.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 10:16 pm to pistolpete23
Once again, only after they are found out do they apologize and repay us our pilfered tax dollars.
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