Senate Banking Chair Mike Crapo Set Up Campaign Shop in Scott Pruitt's Lobbyist Pad
Source: The Daily Beast
Before Scott Pruitt moved into his infamous townhouse, a prominent Senator was using the spot himself.
LACHLAN MARKAY
SAM STEIN
05.04.18 3:05 PM ET
The townhouse that served as a cut-rate rental pad for EPA administrator Scott Pruitt doubled as a veritable campaign headquarters for one of the most powerful chairman in the U.S. Senate.
Over the course of four years, Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) held 78 campaign-related events at 223 C Street N.E., according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission. The condo, which is were Pruitt stayed while getting his bearings in Washington D.C., is owned by Vicki Hart, a prominent lobbyist with clients who had business before committees on which Crapo serves. Her husband, Stephen Hart, the now-ex chairman of the firm Williams & Jensen, had his own set of clients before a separate committee that Crapo chairs.
Crapo’s campaign said in a statement to The Daily Beast that they had reimbursed Hart for use of the townhouse in order to be in complete compliance with election law. And it stressed that, unlike Pruitt, the townhouse was never used for boarding purposes.
“No one from the campaign or Freedom Fund ever used the townhouse for an overnight stay,” said Sam Neel, an associate with the firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP, in a statement. “Both committees have disclosed to the FEC the date and purpose of each use of the space, as well as the corresponding reimbursements.”
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