Friday, May 15, 2015

Meeks, Clarke are international tweeders

From the Washington Post:

The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference in Baku for 10 members of Congress and some of their spouses in 2013, according to a report by the Office of Congressional Ethics. Lawmakers received a number of gifts, but only one lawmaker reported them on his financial disclosure form. The lawmakers said they were unaware of the oil company's involvement and thought the gifts did not meet the reporting threshold.

One additional lawmaker attended while on a separate congressional delegation and did not have his expenses covered by the conference.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A cop or firefighter would be suspended or fired for a free cup of coffee.captain always said leave the money on the counter if they say its free.

Anonymous said...

And Clarke is a member of the Ethics Committee.

Come on Preet - can't you nail these SOBs?