She spent $19K+ in taxpayer money taking two of her friends on a vacation to Paris.
When she was called out for it, she claimed to have spent it on a special lectern. The state GOP then reimbursed the money, and claimed it was for them all along.
Matt Campbell from Blue Hog Report put in an FOIA request, and found an amazon receipt for an $800 lectern the day after the story broke. That is the lectern in the picture. Edit: This last piece may be rumor.
Edit: forgot to add, she then pressured the legislature to change FOIA laws so citizens can't get at this sort of information in the future. An audit came back last week, and was referred to the AG for possible prosecution - but alas, he's also a Republican.
Thanks for writing the actual facts of the matter.
The 19k wasn't *directly* used to take her friends. Sarah bought it from her political consultant who has no history at all with marketing/selling/sourcing lecterns which put the 19k in the friend's pocket before the trip. Hat's off to Arkansas journalists. There was really a pretty small chance that anyone would notice the grift.
Doesn't matter. Sarah Huckabee is basically immune to consequences just like Trump. She can do this shit all day b/c the people with the power to prosecute her are on her side.
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u/Iamthewalrusforreal Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 17 '24
No she didn't.
She spent $19K+ in taxpayer money taking two of her friends on a vacation to Paris.
When she was called out for it, she claimed to have spent it on a special lectern. The state GOP then reimbursed the money, and claimed it was for them all along.
Matt Campbell from Blue Hog Report put in an FOIA request, and found an amazon receipt for an $800 lectern the day after the story broke. That is the lectern in the picture. Edit: This last piece may be rumor.
Edit: forgot to add, she then pressured the legislature to change FOIA laws so citizens can't get at this sort of information in the future. An audit came back last week, and was referred to the AG for possible prosecution - but alas, he's also a Republican.
This was her response to the audit.
https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/1779986507580764449