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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney's use of campaign funds for ex 'body man' raises ethics questions
[NYPOST] Ethics experts are questioning whether the head of congressional Democrats’ campaign arm, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, used his House and campaign cash for "personal services" with the hiring of an aide — who told The Post his role was to serve as the politician’s "body man."Maloney (D-NY) — who in 2020 became chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — hired lifelong Floridian Harold Leath, for whom Maloney’s campaign forked over the money for the move north, in 2014, records show. The "unusual" and "strange" description of Leath’s role and his whereabouts raised numerous "red flags," that may be worth a probe, political spending experts and federal ethics watchdogs told The Post. Leath — who, when he first moved to New York, registered to vote at the Putnam County house where Maloney and his husband lived — began his tenure with the congressman that spring as an "executive assistant" in his government office, House spending records show. He then was classified by expenditure reports as a part-time employee and campaign worker. Reps for Maloney maintained to The Post that there was no wrongdoing by Maloney or the campaign in connection with Leath’s hiring and role. Leath recently explained his job as a "body man" for the politician. Related: Sean Patrick Maloney: 2022-07-24 Fundraising by AOC's progressive NY pals sputters ahead of primaries Sean Patrick Maloney: 2022-03-31 Report: 55 House Democrat ‘Deadbeats' Skip Paying Dues to DCCC as Midterm Red Wave Builds Sean Patrick Maloney: 2021-09-19 11 Democrats Have Allegedly Violated the STOCK Act of 2012 Posted by: Fred 2022-08-02 |
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