COMMENT RESCUE: Did BHL Raid Campaign Coffers To Pay Off Hubby’s Debts?
Oh, and then make sure said hubby filed inaccurate campaign finance reports to cover up what they did?
This not only sounds plausible, but the commenter seems to know a lot more about this than we (or the press) do:
TomTom:
Definitely not at all tax deductible.
Also, the accusation isn’t that she was giving money to the campaign. It’s that she/her husband were taking money OUT of the campaign and putting it in their personal bank accounts. Checks are being written from the campaign (donor money) to her husband for perhaps personal use.
The reason she wants to go back and claim campaign expenses were loans, if they’re loans then a candidate is allowed to re-pay the loans with cash.
So it’s a way to post-hoc justify $200k of checks from campaign funds to her/her husband’s personal accounts.
Uh, that strikes me as not merely being technically illegal, but a disqualifying offense.
Personal to BHL donors past and present: Are you OK with your campaign contributions being used to pay off the personal debts of BHL and Dana? Are you ready to pony up again? Or might you want your money back?
Personal to BHL: If TomTom’s gotten it wrong, come on here and explain just what the money was used for, and share the information that you, and only you, have which you claim has exonerated you. You will have free reign, and I will close comments for you. Fair enough?
https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1005-embezzlement
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If Kathy Jennings isn’t going to do her job and investigate this, then Weiss or other authorities need to step in.
The AG’s office wouldn’t announce anything until/unless there was an indictment. However, if anyone sees police vans pulling up outside the Longs’ Middletown estate, please let us know…
I wonder if Val and Nicole have also bullied Jennings into not going after BHL so they have someone to pit against Meyer.
What ever happened to the sectoin 8 housing issue?
Don’t think they would be successful.
Remember–Kathy went after one of their (and Bethany’s) former legislative pals, Rebecca Walker. Walker had falsified drug/alcohol test results for cops while working as the #2 in the Medical Examiner’s Office.
They lost the case because it was ruled that Walker’s actions weren’t deliberate, but the result of her incompetence:
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2022/04/21/former-delaware-nursing-director-not-guilty-falsifying-records-rebecca-walker/7397774001/
Walker’s punishment? She’s now the State Director Of Nursing, a job she couldn’t have possibly gotten w/o BHL pushing for her.
The Delaware Way is a toxic tradition
The irony is that they could have done so much to topple the Delaware Way b/c of their collective influence as new female legislators.
Instead, the foursome of BHL, Longhurst, Poore and Walker embraced the worst Delaware Way elements.
Thankfully, we now have Lockman, McBride, Gay, Pinkney, Sturgeon, Wilson-Anton and several others who are successfully pushing for reform.
Plus, don’t look now, but more are on their way…
And don’t forget Kerri Harris!
Uh, she’s been a bit of a disappointment. Couldn’t wait to break bread with Our PAL Val.
Perhaps, with a change in leadership, she’ll return to what I thought were her progressive principles.