Rep. Lauren Boebert's mileage reimbursement "raises red flags," ethics experts say

[orangecrush]

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert paid herself more than $22,000 in mileage reimbursements from her campaign account last year. Boebert’s campaign defends the reimbursements but three ethics experts who reviewed the money transfers for The Denver Post say they raise questions.

Candidates for federal office can legally reimburse themselves for miles driven in personal vehicles using the Internal Revenue Service’s mileage rate, which was 57.5 cents per mile for 2020. The Republican congresswoman from western Colorado wrote two checks totaling $22,259 from her campaign coffers for mileage between January and mid-November.

To justify those reimbursements, Boebert would have had to drive 38,712 miles while campaigning, despite having no publicly advertised campaign events in March, April or July, and only one in May. Furthermore, because the reimbursements came in two payments — a modest $1,060 at the end of March and $21,200 on Nov. 11 — Boebert would have had to drive 36,870 miles in just over seven months between April 1 and Nov. 11 to justify the second payment.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denverpost.com/2021/02/02/lauren-boebert-colorado-congress-campaign-finance/amp/


Grifters gonna grift.

[Blue Owl]

1. That's like driving around the entire earth 1.5 times

And we're supposed to believe that?

I think it's time to remind Lauren that not everyone is as dumb as she is...

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. I believe her figures,

since she lives on another planet.

[orangecrush]

8. Amazing

Isn't it?

[MineralMan]

2. Grifter.

[Guilded Lilly]

3. The ugly corruption runs so very deep. It's second nature to them.

[Walleye]

5. She wasn't even running for a state wide election.

The corruption and cheating in these people! They can’t seem to help themselves

[BlueNProud]

13. that's a good point.

[zaj]

6. That's 500-1000 hours of driving in 7 months

[cojoel]

9. perhaps it should raise an indictment

Red flags don't seem to accomplish very much any more

[milestogo]

10. Maybe they paid for her vehicle.

[The Blue Flower]

11. She's the Tonya Harding of congressmembers

nt

[Walleye]

14. That's funny. I thought the same thing a couple of weeks ago

But then Tonya Harding did have a certain amount of talent. And she worked at her sport. Just didn’t have the moral background.

[Chainfire]

12. Oh, I am sure she kept a log....

Why would anyone want to be a public servant if they couldn't get a little on the side? It is just good business.