By The Admin on August 31, 2010
A Texas congresswoman admitted that she wrongly steered thousands of dollars in college scholarships from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to her own relatives and children of a staff member but said she did so unwittingly.
Democratic Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson told The Dallas Morning News that she arranged the scholarships over the last four years [...]
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By The Admin on August 30, 2010
Dallas Morning News
- Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes.
The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which provided the money. And all [...]
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