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Did (Josh) Hawley use state resources for political gain? Audit says private emails cloud finding
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article239982518.html
BY JASON HANCOCK, CRYSTAL THOMAS, AND BRYAN LOWRY
FEBRUARY 06, 2020 01:00 PM
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Attorney General’s office under Republican Josh Hawley may have misused state resources to boost his successful campaign for the U.S. Senate, according to an audit released Thursday by Democratic State Auditor Nicole Galloway.
At the core of the possible misuse was Hawley’s decision, within weeks of his January 2017 swearing-in as attorney general, to import out-of state political consultants to help direct his office — and raise his national profile. Those same advisers would go on to run his 2018 campaign that unseated Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Whether Hawley or his staff broke the the law is unclear, the report concludes, because they regularly conducted state business off government servers through use of private email and text messaging.
“By allowing campaign-paid consultants to interact and advise (attorney general’s office) staff,” the report said, “former Attorney General Hawley potentially used state resources for political purposes.”
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BY JASON HANCOCK, CRYSTAL THOMAS, AND BRYAN LOWRY
FEBRUARY 06, 2020 01:00 PM
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Attorney General’s office under Republican Josh Hawley may have misused state resources to boost his successful campaign for the U.S. Senate, according to an audit released Thursday by Democratic State Auditor Nicole Galloway.
At the core of the possible misuse was Hawley’s decision, within weeks of his January 2017 swearing-in as attorney general, to import out-of state political consultants to help direct his office — and raise his national profile. Those same advisers would go on to run his 2018 campaign that unseated Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Whether Hawley or his staff broke the the law is unclear, the report concludes, because they regularly conducted state business off government servers through use of private email and text messaging.
“By allowing campaign-paid consultants to interact and advise (attorney general’s office) staff,” the report said, “former Attorney General Hawley potentially used state resources for political purposes.”
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Hawley's one of the worse Trumpers out there. Of course, he's also a lying scumbag...
