Filings Reveal Dem Rep. Clyburn Funneled Six Figures From Campaign Funds to Family Last Cycle
South Carolina According to filings, Democratic Rep. James Clyburn funneled $65,000 worth of campaign money to two members of his family during the 2022 election season.
Longtime congressman, the longtime congressman, used his campaign funds to fork out thousands of dollars to a company that was linked to his son in law. Federal Election Commission records indicate that he sent his grandson nearly $100,000.
Although it is legal for federal politicians in the US to pay their family members through their campaigns, most ethics experts disapprove of this practice. Both political parties have taken advantage.
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Filings show that Clyburn received $57,500 from his family to 49 Magnolia Blossom LLC in rent expenses for the last election cycle. This company has close ties with his daughter Jennifer Clyburn Reed.
According to South Carolina business records Walter A Reed, Clyburn Reed’s spouse, is the registered agent.
Clyburn also paid $94,000 to Walter A.C. Reed in the course of the auction midterm election Cycle for “campaign management fees,” His filings show more.
Since 1993, Clyburn has not been faced with a legitimate threat for his House seat and has comfortably gotten through the re-elections to the 6th district of Palmetto State’s congressional.
Fox News Digital asked him for comments on the payments but his campaign didn’t respond.
Clyburn, a high-ranking Democrat, was, undoubtedly, the most important figure in President Biden’s 2020 campaign. Clyburn played a pivotal role in helping Biden win South Carolina’s presidential primary and helped him get on his way to the White House.
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And then, after the election was won. President Biden Clyburn Reed is the daughter of a former teacher who was nominated by the congressman to serve as the federal cochair of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission’s Federal Co-chair in 2021.
The Senate was established in December that year. Only a small number of people approve She was selected for the job, which helps alleviate economic hardships in the southeast United States.
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Clyburn has since offered an enthusiastic endorsement of a second Biden term.
“I’m all-in for President Biden,” Clyburn Recently, Robert Costa of CBS in an interview. “I think he’s demonstrated, in these two years … that he is deserving of re-election. And I do believe he will be re-elected irrespective of who the Republicans, they put up.”
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