Rep. Ilhan Omar repeatedly violated campaign finance rules by using funds from her congressional campaign to pay for personal travel and on her tax returns, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled Thursday.
The Democrat must reimburse her former campaign committee approximately $3,500 for those expenses.
The board found Omar's campaign bought a plane ticket to Boston to speak at a political rally; paid for a hotel in Washington, D.C., where Omar participated in an interview for the Girl UP UN conference; and covered her travel to Chicago to accept an award and attend a fundraising luncheon, Minnesota Public Radio News reported.
Omar was a state representative from Minneapolis at the time of the violations.
"Rep. Omar must personally reimburse the Omar committee $3,469.23," the report states.
"This reimbursement payment is the total amount of campaign funds that were used for purposes not permitted by statute in 2016 and 2017. Rep. Omar must provide documentation within 30 days from the date of this order showing the deposit of the reimbursement into the Omar committee's account."
Republican state Rep. Steve Drazkowski said in a statement that the campaign finance board "Upheld" his complaint against the lawmaker.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/06/07/ilhan-omar-violated-campaign-finance-rules-n2547738
The Democrat must reimburse her former campaign committee approximately $3,500 for those expenses.
The board found Omar's campaign bought a plane ticket to Boston to speak at a political rally; paid for a hotel in Washington, D.C., where Omar participated in an interview for the Girl UP UN conference; and covered her travel to Chicago to accept an award and attend a fundraising luncheon, Minnesota Public Radio News reported.
Omar was a state representative from Minneapolis at the time of the violations.
"Rep. Omar must personally reimburse the Omar committee $3,469.23," the report states.
"This reimbursement payment is the total amount of campaign funds that were used for purposes not permitted by statute in 2016 and 2017. Rep. Omar must provide documentation within 30 days from the date of this order showing the deposit of the reimbursement into the Omar committee's account."
Republican state Rep. Steve Drazkowski said in a statement that the campaign finance board "Upheld" his complaint against the lawmaker.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/06/07/ilhan-omar-violated-campaign-finance-rules-n2547738
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