Texas GOP Rep To Plead Guilty To Felony Abuse Of Office Charges (interview, felonies)

[TempesT68]

More Texas GOP politics for you

"In a 2010 interview with The Associated Press (http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/garland-lawmaker-billed-state-for-travel-paid-by-862925.html?printArticle=y - broken link), Driver admitted billing his campaign for luxury hotels, airline tickets and other travel expenses. He would then submit those same expenses to the state and pocket the money."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/0...axpayer-money/

[hotair2]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

More Texas GOP politics for you

"In a 2010 interview with The Associated Press (http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/garland-lawmaker-billed-state-for-travel-paid-by-862925.html?printArticle=y - broken link), Driver admitted billing his campaign for luxury hotels, airline tickets and other travel expenses. He would then submit those same expenses to the state and pocket the money."

Texas Republican guilty of stealing taxpayer money | The Raw Story

To be fair, we have cheats on both sides. Does not make him any less of a scumbag.

[Rggr]

I'm glad to see Texas do something about it. As hotair2 said, this stuff happens on both sides. Pointing at the other side simply excuses half of it.

[Rick Roma]

Originally Posted by hotair2

To be fair, we have cheats on both sides. Does not make him any less of a scumbag.

Very true. Our former house speaker was recently sentenced to hard time for multiple felonies related to abuse of his office.

Judge denies Sal DiMasi - BostonHerald.com (http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1368316 - broken link)