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According to a review of FEC records, the congresswoman from upstate New York has spent tens of thousands of campaign dollars on businesses where she held an ownership stake or an executive job, and from which she reported $130,120 in income in 2020 thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-claudi…
This year alone, Tenney shelled out $15,634.85 for a medley of rent, telephone service, and office supplies to OMP Park, Inc., a company that New York business records show is registered in her name and which identifies her as its CEO thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-claudi…
In total, Tenney’s campaigns have earned her family’s companies over $100,000.

Ethics watchdogs told The Daily Beast that federal law allows candidates to pay their own companies out of their campaign funds as long as all transactions are market rate. thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-claudi…
However, it is impossible to tell whether Tenney’s campaign paid market rate for the space services, as disbursements from the committee have been sporadic.

Read more from @WillBredderman here: thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-claudi…
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