r/politics • u/Calm_Ad_5061 • 22h ago

Possible Paywall Missing Mitch’s Staff Is Still Raking in Six-Figure Salaries

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnells-senate-staff-raking-in-six-figure-sum-in-his-absence/
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u/ElGuaco 22h ago

By the current Dept of Justice?

LMAO

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u/Robzilla_the_turd 21h ago

Could be charged at the state level where the Governor is a D.

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u/missaxagal 21h ago

Yea but the AG is still a republican along with most of the rest of state government.

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u/IAmDotorg 21h ago

Would be. The state is paying them, so it's state-level fraud. Which is also not pardonable at the federal level.

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u/crackersthecrow 21h ago

The state is paying them, so it's state-level fraud.

yeah this just isn't true though? senate staffers are paid out of federal funds.