Madison Cawthorn Paid His Cousin $141,000

“A relative and close adviser to Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) has pocketed more than $141,000 from taxpayers and campaign donors since 2020,” WRAL reports.

“The documents also show a roughly eight-month period during which the 26-year-old North Carolina congressman paid Stephen Smith, his second cousin, simultaneously from Cawthorn’s congressional office and campaign. The payments were addressed to Smith at a Hendersonville address. The address matches that of Cawthorn’s, state voter registration records show.”

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