One Senator's $700k Afterparty
Kyrsten Sinema, the former U.S. Senator for Arizona, left the Senate in January 2025 with $4.2 million in her campaign account. Donors gave that money to support her candidacy, and federal law lays out a few options for how she can spend leftover funds (besides return it to donors): 1) wind down the campaign office, 2) donate to other candidates, or 3) give it to charity. Sounds fair, enough, right? After all, the funds contributed to politicians is not THEIR money.
Who would think they could bankroll their post-political life with campaign cash? Oh wait.
That’s exactly what appears to have happened with Sinema — though she certainly wouldn’t be the first or only one to abuse the system. This week, our strategic litigation partner Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an FEC complaint alleging Sinema converted more than $700,000 in campaign funds to personal expenses in the twelve months after she left office. Beyond spending lavishly on airfare, car services, luxury international resorts, music festivals, and Michelin-starred restaurants, her campaign [without a campaign] committee also paid six former staffers a combined $379,398 — some of whom had already taken private sector jobs. All while Sinema was working at a lobbying firm.
All told, $3 million of her remaining funds went to create the Spark Center for Innovation Learning at Arizona State. Which is fine. The rest? Not fine.
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And that's putting it mildly. 
I'd never hear her name again. 
I hope she's made to pay every stinking penny back!
I'm surprised tRump hasn't found a lying crook like her a spot in his administration. She checks every box for immoral cheaters.