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WTSP.com
April 23, 2018
That includes the campaign of late Congressman Mark Takai, whose treasurer paid himself more than $100,000 in the 17 months after Takai died for ... Disgraced Congressman Mark Foley, R-Florida, continued to spend from his old campaign account on memberships and “sponsorships” for posh WestÃâà...
HuffPost
April 22, 2018
In 2006, the scandals dripped out bit by bit. Republicans watched them pile up, but still thought they might be able to keep the House ― until September when the Mark Foley scandal broke. The news that the GOP congressman from Florida had been sending sexually explicit text messages to teenage boysÃâà...
Siliconrepublic.com
April 11, 2018
Aidan Skelly, acting as interim chief executive before Foley's appointment, explained the rationale: “The draft scenarios have been developed using our own experience and significant input from Government departments and agencies, energy research groups, and representative groups. “We believe thisÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
April 6, 2018
Among them was the campaign account for disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, who had used leftover funds to dine out in Palm Beach as recently as 2017. He left office ... The lead item in the “Zombie Campaigns” account was the re-election campaign for Hawaii Congressman Mark Takai. DespiteÃâà...
Politico
April 3, 2018
His campaign tweeted out a picture of him and Trump Jr. at Mar-a-Lago, a moment that was overshadowed by the fact that it also inadvertently included former Rep. Mark Foley, a Palm Beach Republican who resigned in disgrace from Congress after sending sexually explicit message to boys serving asÃâà...
9News.com KUSA
March 29, 2018
Abuses uncovered by the joint investigation included disgraced former lawmakers such as Mark Foley (R-Florida) using leftover campaign funds for social ... Meanwhile, Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, and Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Tarpon Springs, tell 10News they are drafting a bill that would require formerÃâà...
Tampabay.com
March 17, 2018
Photo on the right includes disgraced ex-Rep Mark Foley who resigned after reports he had sent inappropriate emails to teenage boys who had served ... Lmao Adam Putnam is running for Florida governor and carved out some time to hang out with Mark Foley at Mar-a-Lago today https://t.co/E9i648TM0Z.
The Hill
February 23, 2018
Recalling the 2006 midterm election for a moment, no one should forget how quickly the tide turned in favor of the Democrats after the inappropriate messages surfaced between former Republican Rep. Mark Foley and a congressional page. Trump's admitted extramarital affairs and numerous credibleÃâà...
NPR
February 5, 2018
Mark Foley, a former Florida Representative - he's paying for his opera membership and to dine in the Palm Beach social circuit. And perhaps our best example was Robin Tallon, a former South Carolina representative, who 25 years after he left office was paying for computers, paying his son a salary andÃâà...
Tampabay.com
February 2, 2018
Remember Mark Foley? The former six-term congressman resigned in 2006 amid a scandal over sending sexually explicit messages to an underage congressional page. His campaign was still cutting checks last year. The expenditures included advertising, travel and a membership at the Palm BeachÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
February 1, 2018
A deep-dive reveals a questionable practice in Florida and across the country, one that blatantly disregards the spirit of campaign finance law: “Donations must be spent only on politics, not politicians' personal lives.” — One notable example: South Florida Rep. Mark Foley used campaign funds as recentlyÃâà...
Bradenton Herald
September 27, 2017
Former U.S. Congressman Mark Foley says he's been ripped off by one of South Florida's highest-profile exotic car dealers in what he claims is a pyramid scheme as la Bernie Madoff. The Republican ex-congressman, who represented a Palm Beach to Fort Pierce district for five terms before he resignedÃâà...
WHYY
December 31, 1999
I can remember, in 2006, when House Speaker Dennis Hastert (who later went to prison for molesting boys) was under fire for slow-walking the molestation allegations lodged against Republican congressman Mark Foley. Hastert said he was the victim of a liberal conspiracy: “The people who want to seeÃâà...
TCPalm
December 31, 1999
... Great America Committee; $2,000: Republican Main Street Partnership PAC, associated with a group of centrist Republicans in Congress; $2,000: Former Rep. Mark Foley's PAC. The former Treasure Coast congressman resigned in 2006 after sending sexually explicit text messages to underage pages.
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
Rep. Ron DeSantis holds daughter Madison as he and his wife, Casey, pose for a photograph with President and Mrs. Trump. (Courtesy of the Ron ... Mike Fasano, Cesar Fernandez, Mark Ferrulo, Damien Filer, Marty Fiorentino, Mark Foley, Kirk Fordham, Brian Franklin, Towson Fraser, Ellen Freidin, JohnÃâà...
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