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democracy1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-11 10:09 PM
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Freshman U.S. Rep. David Rivera Faces Criminal Investigation Over Thousands In Unexplained Expenses
MIAMI — Freshman U.S. Rep. David Rivera, who is facing a state criminal investigation of his finances, paid himself nearly $60,000 in unexplained campaign reimbursements over the eight years he served in the state legislature, an Associated Press examination of his records shows.

Serving as his own campaign treasurer, the Miami Republican didn't report any details for more than a third of the roughly $160,000 in expenses for which he reimbursed himself, other than simply calling them campaign expenses, according to the records.

The AP review also shows his total reimbursements far exceeded those claimed by 12 other top Florida state legislators who served with him. Those lawmakers – both Democrats and Republicans – usually gave at least some explanation of how the money had been spent, as required by Florida law.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/david-rivera-investigation_n_815560.html
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-29-11 10:13 PM
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1. Not even a month and already they are being found out
Take a look at the other controversies he's been involved in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rivera#Dog_track_payments
I think the mail truck one really represents much of what the repukes stand for.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 12:10 AM
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2. Sounds like he took lessons from Issa
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