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Gov. Abbott wants Farenthold to cover taxpayer cost of special election to replace him in Congress
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Apr 25, 2018 08:06pm |
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| Author | Jackie Wang |
| News Date | Wednesday, April 25, 2018 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott declared a special election must be held to fill Blake Farenthold’s U.S. House seat, and now he wants the ex-representative to pay for it.
The Corpus Christi Republican resigned April 6, a few months after dropping re-election plans amid revelations that he used $84,000 in taxpayer money to pay a woman who accused him of sexual harassment in 2014.
Farenthold promised to repay the money but has not done so. In a letter Wednesday, Abbott urged Farenthold to use the $84,000 to pay the counties in his former district, rather than the federal government, to cover the cost of the election.
"While you have publicly offered to reimburse the $84,000 in taxpayer funds you wrongly used to settle a sexual harassment claim, there is no legal recourse requiring you to give that money back to Congress,” Abbott wrote. “This seat must be filled, and the counties and taxpayers in the 27th Congressional District should not again pay the price for your actions.” |
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