Sanders Diverts Thousands of Nonprofit Campaign Dollars to Family and Friends

Bernie Sanders may be raking in contributions totaling in the millions by everyday Americans, but he’s spending it on himself and his famiy, according to the Washington Free Beacon:

Following 16 years as a member of the House, Sanders was elected to the Senate in 2006. His political campaigns were an early vehicle for payments to his family members.

According to Jane O’Meara Sanders, the senator’s wife, Sanders’ House campaigns paid her more than $90,000 for consulting and ad placement services from 2002 to 2004. She pocketed about $30,000 of that money.

Her daughter Carina Driscoll, Sanders’ stepdaughter, also drew a salary from the campaign. She was paid more than $65,000 between 2000 and 2004, according to her mother.

After working for the campaign, the senator’s wife would come under scrutiny for expenditures at Burlington College, where she was hired as president in 2004. While she led the school, it paid six-figure sums to her daughter and the son of a family friend.

Burlington College offered its students a study abroad program in the Caribbean, according to tax filings. It reported spending about $47,000 on that program in the tax year beginning in mid-2008.

Around that time, the son of Jonathan Leopold, a Burlington College board member, purchased a small resort in the Bahamas called Andro’s Beach Club and an accompanying hotel, Nathan’s Lodge.

These allegations are just a few in a long list compiled by the news agency. Considering his willingness to pocket his donations, maybe America will finally wake up and realize what they should have known now for months: giving your money to Bernie Sanders is worthless.

Source: Free Beacon