House Republican followed Trump's self-dealing model, spent thousands on her own companies: report
Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney, who represents a conservative but swing district in central New York, reportedly enriched her personal business ventures with thousands in campaign cash, potentially violating Federal Election Commission laws.
FEC records reviewed by The Daily Beast indicate the New York conservative "shelled out $15,634.85 for a medley of rent, telephone service, and office supplies to OMP Park, Inc.," apparently a New York-based company registered and helmed by Tenney. According to a routine House disclosure from 2016, Tenney serves as the president of the OMP Park. In 2016, she also reportedly directed $28,676.86 in campaign funds to bankroll various administrative expenditures for both OMP and Mid-York Press, another New York-based business she apparently runs as "co-owner and legal counsel." In reviewing both state and federal campaign fund spending, The Daily Beast found that Tenney has earned her businesses at least $100,000 total.
As it stands, federal election law does not strictly prohibit the spending of campaign funds on personal business ventures "as long as the transaction is made at the fair market value," according to FEC's website. This stipulation apparently exists to ensure such transactions do not unfairly benefit candidates or their campaigns.
But advocates of campaign finance transparency say that, ideally, the transfer of campaign funds should be eschewed altogether to preclude any conflicts of interest from arising.
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