Ex-Lawmaker Used Campaign Funds for Club Dues

Washington Post: “Paying one’s dues is usually seen as a good thing. But for former representative David Rivera (R-FL), doing just that might have put him on the wrong side of the law. Rivera’s most recent campaign finance filings (he’s not a candidate anymore but his old campaign still carries debt, and so he must submit reports to the Federal Election Commission) show that he used $400 in campaign money to pay for membership at the Capitol Hill Club, the private GOP enclave on Capitol Hill that functions kind of like a country club for the Republican set.”