The House Ethics Committee announced it will extend its investigation into Rep. Sanford Bishop, a Georgia Democrat, due to evidence that his campaign had likely spent thousands on personal expenses and events in possible violation of House spending rules
"There is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Bishop converted campaign funds from Sanford Bishop for Congress to personal use, or Rep. Bishop's campaign committee expended funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes," the board of the Office of Congressional Ethics wrote in a corresponding report on Bishop.Bishop is the dean of the Georgia delegation and has been in office since 1993.
" In its report to the committee, the Office of Congressional Ethics said it had found evidence that Bishop's campaign committee had"likely spent tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds on fuel, golf expenses, meals, travel, tuition, and entertainment that likely were personal in nature.
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