All posts tagged "Foundation For Government Accountability"

The Foundation for Government Accountability says its mission is, in part, promoting “public policies based on the principles of transparency.”

But the conservative group with a $13 million budget — which advocates to curtail voting, promote child labor and cut holes in the social safety net, among other priorities — proved defiantly unaccountable when asked repeatedly by Raw Story about the “unauthorized expenses” of one of its directors.

Raw Story reported last week that Margaret A. (Maggie) Harrell, the Foundation for Government Accountability’s federal affairs director, who used to be deputy chief of staff for Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), reimbursed Roy’s campaign committee for nearly $40,000 in February for “unauthorized expenses.”...

The campaign committee of Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is refusing to explain in detail why his former deputy chief of staff, Margaret A. (Maggie) Harrell, paid the campaign almost $40,000 for “reimbursement for unauthorized expenses.”

Harrell paid $39,368.63 to Chip Roy for Congress on Feb. 10, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Raw Story.

A Nov. 5 letter from the FEC to the campaign committee said, “This receipt appears to be related to an apparent unauthorized use of Committee funds. Although the Commission may take further legal action regarding this apparent improper use of Committee funds, any further clarifying information that you can provide will be taken into consideration.”...