Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ’ office potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records when it purchased a $19,000 lectern for the Republican governor that’s prompted nationwide attention, an audit requested by lawmakers said Monday.
Legislative auditors referred the findings in the long-awaited audit of the lectern to local prosecutors and the attorney general, and lawmakers planned to hold a hearing Tuesday on the report. The report cited several potential legal violations, including paying for the lectern before it was delivered and the handling of records regarding the purchase.
Sanders’ office, which has dismissed questions about the lectern, called the audit’s findings “deeply flawed” and a “waste of taxpayer resources and time.”
How the hell did that thing cost $19k? It looks like something you’d get from a 1970s Ikea.
Ohh right… Nepotism and/or money laundering!
It’s art ok. You wouldn’t understand.
It’s not just any lectern, it’s an advanced lectern. You can put papers on it and stuff, it can even hold a microphone!
A blue 1970s Ikea idea.
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Lecterns aren’t inexpensive. A good one will go for 2-5k, easy.
Though they are far from 19k. Iirc, the guy is a friend of the goobenor, and that one goes for line 500 on Amazon.
Though they are far from 19k.
You’re leaving out the blue paint. That probably cost at least $10,000. It definitely doesn’t look like they got the cheapest color at Walmart.
What if it was a really fancy lectern?
If you steal a lectern, it doesn’t cost $19,000. This was Sarah’s mistake.
The government doesn’t want you to know this.
Steal a $19,000 lectern? Nah, bro.
Steal $19,000 through buying overpriced office equipment with company funds from a friend who takes you on a fine Parisean experience with the profits? Yeah, boy!
Its an audit, they know the law was violated. Theyre just not prosecutors.
They could’ve at least tried to hide the blatant money laundering with a nicer looking lectern. That thing looks straight out of a church basement from the 1970s.
Of course, so are their ideas, so I guess it fits.
Turns out financial fraud, really is a crime.
That lectern isn’t even wide enough to effectively hide an awkward boner from the whole room. Not the edges anyway. Poor design
“Deeply flawed” and “a waste of taxpayer resources and time” seems to describe her governorship better.
My office, which knows Sanders’ office is covering up a different purchase, called the audit’s findings “encouraging” and “justice for taxpayers and voters”
Let me guess … they bought it off their son?
Using MY money to Break Laws is MUCH more Preferable then having a Black Man run the state!
-Not Racist Republicans.
