Friday, April 19, 2024

'podiumgate' Audit Involving Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Released

The Arkansas Legislative Audit this week wrapped up its investigation into the purchase of a $19,000 podium by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' administration.

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... What they found: The audit report reveals the governor's office may have broken state law in several instances, including:

- - - Applying the purchase to operating expenses when it didn't meet criteria.

- - - Not notifying the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, therefore preventing the purchase from being properly recorded.

- - - Not seeking an exemption from the state procurement director for disposal of state property.

- - - Shredding the bill of lading.

- - - Altering a public record. Auditors found three versions of an invoice, two of which contained a handwritten notation made after the record was entered into the Arkansas Administrative Statewide Information System.

Transformation and Shared Services also may have violated state law by excluding multiple invoices paid for with the governor's office credit card.

The intrigue: Days before the release of the report, state Attorney General Tim Griffin said the governor is not subject to two state laws, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-04-18 12:52 AM

@#1 ... Shredding the bill of lading. ...

Something that is typically done by innocent people.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-04-18 12:54 AM

Doesn't matter.

Nothing will happen.

GOP voters certainly won't care.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2024-04-18 09:16 AM

What...someone in the GQP caught being sleezy criminals?

Shocked. SHOCKED I TELLS YA!

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-04-18 10:24 AM

She needed a wider podium that wouldn't show her girth.

#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-04-19 05:04 PM

The republican party is a criminal organization

#6 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-04-19 06:23 PM

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