Josh Hawley became one of Trump’s biggest defenders in the US Senate, where he serves as a junior senator after defeating Claire McCaskill. During the impeachment hearing, rather than be in any way impartial, Sen. Hawley used it to call for fundraising into his campaign.
Why would the senator be scared? A new report from the Missouri Auditor makes it clear exactly why Senator Hawley should be worried about his past catching up to him.
From the Kansas City Star:
On Dec. 16, 2017, Josh Hawley, then-Missouri attorney general, attended a Chiefs game at Arrowhead Stadium. Hawley says he paid for the ticket but used a state car and driver to travel more than 300 miles for the contest.
Hawley and his wife watched the game from a private box. The Chiefs won, beating the San Diego Chargers.
That’s right. The state auditor used state funds for a car to drive him to a private box seat and watch an NFL game.
The 462 page long report finds more trouble for the senator:
Yes, a football game is relatively harmless. But the audit also found Attorney General Hawley aggressively intertwined his office staff with political consultants in 2017, potentially breaking Missouri law. The staff “coordinated with campaign-paid consultants,” the audit found, in advance of Hawley’s 2018 U.S. Senate race.
Sound familiar? Government resources used to fund electoral ambitions, as the Kansas City Star calls it. Maybe, though, it’s just the Trump way of government: hide, hide, hide, deny, deny, deny. Then argue anyone who asks questions? They are in the wrong.