A government watchdog group has named Rep. Alcee Hastings (D., Fla.) one of the top ethics violators of the year for his continued maxed out congressional payments to his longtime girlfriend, based on reporting from the Washington Free Beacon.
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group, released the list of its top five ethics violators on Monday that includes the unknown members of Congress who are tied to sexual harassment settlement funds, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz for employing a House IT aide under criminal investigation, Rep. John Lewis for employing and compensating his current chief of staff as a campaign treasurer, Rep. Hastings for his lucrative congressional payments to his girlfriend, and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and DNC Chair Tom Perez for illegally transferring funds from his campaign committee to his former opponents.
The Free Beacon previously reported that Hastings was paying Patricia Williams, his longtime girlfriend who served as his co-counsel during his impeachment trail as a federal judge in the 1980's, the maximum congressional salary of $168,411 to work as the deputy district director in his in Broward County, Fla., office.
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3 comments:
So Alcee Hastings, black Democrat from FL, has been paying $163,000/yr. to Patricia W. for being his girlfriend. WOW! Not only that, her daughter is employed there too? And what does she do? Mailing envelopes for $100k/year? Hey brainwashed Democ-rat supporters, just keep donating your money to these crooks - their paychecks are depending on it!
I lived in Miami 40 years ago when Alcee Hastings was a local judge there. It was common knowledge that when you appeared before him you handed his bailiff a crisp, folded twenty, fifty or hundred dollar bill, depending on the seriousness of the charges against you.
Demands me of PG County politicians.
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