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(18,470 posts) Wed Dec 25, 2019, 09:44 AM Dec 2019

$400,000 more approved for Branstad defense; state auditor, treasurer vote no

So Iowans are still on the hook for Brainfart’s antics.

A group of top state officials has approved payments of nearly $400,000 to continue a lawsuit defending former Gov. Terry Branstad.

State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald and Auditor Rob Sand refused to approve the payment. They say taxpayers shouldn't continue paying.

Gov. Kim Reynolds, Secretary of State Paul Pate and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig approved the bills,

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