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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:29 AM Jan 2020

Fmr Rep. Chris Collins closes political career by repaying himself $146K in leftover campaign funds



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Buffalo News: Fmr Rep. Chris Collins closed out his political career in Dec by repaying himself $146K in leftover campaign funds – without reimbursing donors for $$ they gave his campaign last yr when he said he was innocent of insider trading charges

https://buffalonews.com/2020/01/06/collins-ends-his-political-career-by-paying-himself-back-from-campaign-funds/
Chris Collins ends political career by paying himself back from campaign funds
Former Rep. Chris Collins closed out his political career in late December by repaying himself $146,393.71 in leftover campaign funds.


7:50 AM - Jan 7, 2020


He was the first or second congressman to endorse Trump *before* it was "cool" (for the GOP) to endorse Trump.
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Fmr Rep. Chris Collins closes political career by repaying himself $146K in leftover campaign funds (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP
Hope he enjoys prison. nt ooky Jan 2020 #1
I clicked through to the Buffalo News story gratuitous Jan 2020 #2

gratuitous

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2. I clicked through to the Buffalo News story
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:09 PM
Jan 2020

My, my, the people of Buffalo are a forgiving, humanitarian bunch. Not a lot of comments to the story, but there are posts to the effect of "Leave poor Chris Collins alooooone!" and "You're piling on" and "Hasn't Chris suffered enough?"

It's a hard man indeed who doesn't get at least one Republican voter to weep for him.

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