Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government by Andrew Kerr, Investigative Reporter
Georgia’s senior congressman, who is considered by his own party to be one of the most vulnerable House Democrats in the midterm elections, continues to dole out campaign funds to a private golf resort at the center of a long-running Ethics Committee investigation.
The independent Office of Congressional Ethics found in January 2020 that there was “substantial reason to believe” that 14-term Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) may have violated House rules and federal law by improperly spending more than $90,000 in campaign and taxpayer funds for “fuel, golf expenses, meals, travel, tuition and entertainment.” Much of the payments were directed toward Green Island Country Club, a private golf resort in Columbus, Georgia, that hosted a regular PGA Tour golf tournament from 1970 to 1990.
Bishop, who was first elected to Congress in 1992, admitted wrongdoing during interviews with OCE investigators. He reimbursed his campaign $66,320 in July 2020, according to Federal Election Commission records. That same month, he also reimbursed the U.S. Treasury $16,088 for his improper use of taxpayer funds to host private Christmas parties…
