Santos violated the law if the $705K in claimed “personal funds” came from another source.
Santos also violated the law if his campaign attributed donations to people who never actually gave.
These are serious, potentially criminal violations.
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Meanwhile, in Hawaii lawmakers are once again considering making it harder for the public to ID officers accused of misconduct
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Legislature to hear bill that would rollback some of the police disciplinary transparency required after the George Floyd protests in 2020.
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Hawaii's police union has joined the chorus of those condemning the deadly assault on Tyre Nichols, calling the actions of the officers "repugnant"
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Congratulations to my wonderful colleague and friend on her election as chair of the Standing Committee of Correspondents today ~ woo hoo! Go Riley!
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“If three innocent people could be convicted in the biggest murder case in the history of the state, then people have to step back and say, how can we prevent this from happening again?” civilbeat.org/2023/01/i-feel via
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The "San Francisco Inquirer" is designed to look like a local news website.
But there's something very unusual about the mix of stories, the ads, the motto.
When our began looking into the site, it attacked her.
Here's what she found:
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Leaks are good. Leak investigations are not.
I appreciate the leaker's tradecraft.
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Several of them told me they had no idea what they were signing at the time
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Don't forget: Hawaii lawmakers — almost all of them Democrats — gave this woman an honorary certificate in 2021 after she pleaded guilty to her crimes.
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Martin Kao — the Hawaii-based defense contractor who funneled illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins — keeps getting into trouble. Kao now faces new charges for alleged mortgage fraud.
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Interesting turn of events for former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who won just 2 of 3,979 Democratic delegates (or 0.05%) when she ran for president in 2020
I’m at the White House, where reporters are about the ask the same question about classified documents 142 times in a row.
Meanwhile, I’m hoping to ask a question about something NW lawmakers are working on in Congress.
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CBO estimates Rep. Adrian Smith's (R-Neb.) bill to rescind $80 billion in IRS funding from the Inflation Reduction Act would add ~$114 billion to the federal defecit over a 10 year period
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I must once again tap the sign
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The great thing about the House, unlike the Senate, is that each party isn’t constantly accusing the other of ruining the institution of the House. Everyone knows the House came pre-ruined, and it’s way better that way
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It says a lot about Congress that it's so unusual for a senator to choose to retire from a demanding job with weird hours and constant travel at the young age of 72.
' w/ the scoop
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BREAKING: Michigan's U.S. Sen. Stabenow tells me she won't seek reelection in 2024 detroitnews.com/story/news/loc via @detroitnews
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DEVELOPING: A member of the House of Representatives is taking their oath on a classic Superman comic book
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Went to the capitol to snap a quick pic of Hawaii's newest member of Congress. Left 8 hours later with a story about dysfunction in Washington civilbeat.org/2023/01/gop-in
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To order certain blood tests in the VA's new electronic health record system, users are asked to choose the veteran's species from a list that includes monkey, dolphin, goat, donkey, sea lion and—thankfully—human.
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U.S. local newspapers are dying at a rate of 2 per week. By 2025, a third of them will be gone. If you’re not convinced that’s a doomsday-level threat to democracy, read this state-by-state list of what local reporters uncovered in 2022. It’s a sample of what we stand to lose.
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I got my hands on a 37-page guide for Kyrsten Sinema’s staff
Aides weren’t only expected to get her groceries and fix her internet but follow a… very detailed set of instructions about where to seat her on an airplane.
Lots more here:
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Pat Toomey came into the Senate after years of pushing the GOP to the right. But as he leaves some former allies slapped the RINO label on him.
His 12 years in DC show how the GOP has changed, even if he hasn't:
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Wanna see some stories we've done that mention Griffin?
Here's how he bankrolled a fight against an Ill state tax increase, which woulda cost him ~$80M in a good year.
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Here's how much he made overall & paid in fed'l taxes:
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New from me: Billionaire hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin sued the IRS and Treasury this morning over his tax data being published by ProPublica.
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Among the lobbyists representing the Prince Kuhio Plaza is Andy Winer, a recent political rival of the Hawaii congressman and former chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz. civilbeat.org/2022/12/kahele #HInews
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A shopping mall owned by an international real estate firm has hired some heavy hitters in DC to help it extend its lease on land that was supposed to provide housing and economic opportunity for Native Hawaiians civilbeat.org/2022/12/kahele
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“I thought wow, here’s an NBA star and former mayor, you know. How cool I get to meet this guy,” Potter said. “I learned the hard way over time.” civilbeat.org/2022/12/out-of
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I don't understand how the Navy can operate a national security asset with 100+ million gallons of fuel and not have working security cameras at its entrances.
They have less surveillance there than a random homeowner with a Ring camera.
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Insider politics, inter-tribal competition and latent racism seem to be preventing Congress from cutting a deal to reauthorize a federal housing law that benefits Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians civilbeat.org/2022/12/how-th
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“Not to be an anti-murder buzzkill but I really think this ISN’T fucked. Once it is, let’s go wild.”
That's Nick Ochs, founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys, who faces federal prison for Jan. 6. Prosecutors say he's an "elder" in the extremist organization.
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#BREAKING: The #Hawaii congressman is accused of misusing official resources for political purposes while running for governor. He was also cleared of wrongdoing related to his side job with Hawaiian Airlines. buff.ly/3gKmwOI #HInews
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A former GOP fundraiser pleads guilty to a federal crime. Then the Hawaii State Senate — mostly Democrats — gives her an honorary certificate. Now some of the senators say they had no idea what they were signing
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Read it here first: Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat, signs on as a contributor to Fox News latimes.com/entertainment-
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Unexploded ordinance from WWII kills or maims 20 people a year in the Solomon Islands. Jeffry Manele, seen here, was one such victim during a family cookout last year. His father, John, died in the blast. Great reporting from civilbeat.org/2022/11/world-
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NOTE: I used this tracker to determine if Gabbard-backed candidates were election deniers
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Here's a list of candidates endorsed by Tulsi Gabbard. All of them are Republicans. Most are elections deniers. And many of them are now losers.
(Please let me know if I'm missing anyone.)
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John Fetterman and Eric Schmitt have little in common politically, but they'll both be raising the overall height of the Senate at 6'8" and 6'6" respectively. It was a big year for big & tall guys.
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Gary Martin, the friendly and tenacious Washington bureau chief who covered Congress for the Review-Journal, died Thursday in Las Vegas. He was 64. fal.cn/3tvyA
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Such a bummer to lose someone like Gary.
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We’re saddened by the passing of @GaryMartinDC. He was one of our longest serving members and exemplified why it's so important to have journalists in our nation’s capital working on behalf of regional outlets. He will be missed. reviewjournal.com/local/local-la
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“We saw an extraordinary amount of criminal behavior. Hopefully these types of laws will deter future conduct in those areas … there needs to be less acceptance to turn the other cheek, to turn a blind eye.” civilbeat.org/2022/11/hawaii
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