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Ethics panel cautions Huckabee
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| Last Edited | DFWDem May 02, 2008 03:30pm |
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| News Date | Friday, May 2, 2008 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Former Gov. Mike Huckabee has been issued a public letter of caution by the Arkansas Ethics Commission for not revealing the donors who gave nearly $32,000 to a private fund to pay for his official portrait.
Graham Sloan, the commission's executive director, said Friday the letter was issued through a settlement reached with the former Republican presidential candidate.
Last month, Huckabee revealed the donors in response to an ethics complaint that he violated a 2001 law requiring him to report the names of those giving gifts to him on behalf of the state.
The letter marks the sixth time the ethics panel has found a violation by Huckabee. He was not fined by the commission, Sloan said.
Huckabee has faced repeated questions about his acceptance of gifts and has tangled with the state's Ethics Commission. Before Friday, the panel had investigated 16 complaints against Huckabee and found five violations. Only one, for accepting a $500 canoe from Coca-Cola, was tossed out.
During his 10 1/2 years as governor, Huckabee accepted 314 gifts valued overall at more than $150,000, according to documents filed with the secretary of state's office. He accepted 187 gifts in his first three years as governor but was not required to report their value.
Shortly before leaving office, Huckabee defended wedding-gift registries set up to furnish Huckabee's new $525,000 home in North Little Rock. Friends set up the accounts for Huckabee and his wife Janet, who have been married since 1974. |
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