Sarah-Trump Pix

Attacking the FBI?

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Investigated by the FBI?

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God Told Him It's OK?

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Huckabee the Scam Artist

"It is not reasonable for a campaign to raise $91,825.00 in contributions to retire a campaign debt of $35,161.09."



"It is not reasonable for a campaign to use funds raised pursuant to debt retirement to pay off political expenses which do not directly relate to debt retirement."



"In May 1995, the campaign reported receiving contributions of $34,195.17, just less than the total  1994 campaign debt of $35,195.09. The review showed that only $4,500.00 was paid in May to retire the campaign debt. The remaining expenditures went to post-election administrative costs."



"It is not reasonable for a campaign to incur large administrative costs in connection with debt retirement and pay for these costs before retiring the campaign debt."



Ethics Commission scolding Huckabee for one of his scams.....





http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/ethics_commission_letters_to_huckabee_120707.pdf

Huckabee's Skeleton in the Closet

Having lived and worked in Arkansas (1992-1998), I remember this scandal unfolding. At the time, it didn't really make it on to the national media's radar, but it was certainly a hot topic in Arkansas. I'm surprised that I was able to find this mention of it on Fox News:

"The Arkansas Ethics Commission has five times found that Huckabee violated state ethics guidelines, including letters of warning and reprimand and fines after finding Huckabee failed to report a $43,150 payment he received from his 1994 lieutenant governor's campaign for use of his personal airplane."

And here's yet another mention of Huckabee's ethics problem, this time from Denver Westword, a New York Times owned publication in Colorado:

"[Jonathan]Weil wound up at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, where he caused persistent pain to Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. He reported, for instance, that during a previous race for lieutenant governor, Huckabee's campaign paid him over $43,000 for the use of his plane without including the payments on financial disclosure forms. Such scoops reinforced Weil's decision to get back into journalism.

And then there is this:

"Huckabee Defended Ethics Commission's 14 Complaints, Five Resulted in Violations. The Ethics Commission addressed 14 complaints against Mike Huckabee during his political career. Five resulted in findings that he violated ethics guidelines. [Associated Press, 11/23/06]"

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