No. of Recommendations: 7
WTH:
Other facts about the entity and Comer's actions have been summarized...In addition, AP reports:
When he was barely out of high school, Comer was writing campaign checks to state politicians, including a $4,000 contribution to a Republican candidate for governor in 1990, followed by another check in 1991 for $1,050, according to campaign finance disclosures published in local news stories. Both contributions listed Comer's occupation as "student."In 1993, the 21-year-old Comer took over as chairman of the Monroe County GOP and several "local Republican office holders" were indicted and two -- Mitchell Page and Larry Pitcock -- were sentenced in 1996 to 18 months in prison for tampering with a state computer database so that they and their families could avoid paying vehicle taxes.
Comer praised Page on the House floor in 2020 for his "principled leadership."
Serving eighteen months in prison for database tampering to skirt vehicle taxes doesn't seem especially "principled" to me but YMMV.
Pitcock and his family members donated about $9,000 to Comer's campaigns and fundraised another $60,000 for him. Comer eventually hired Pitcock’s son to work for him in the agriculture commissioner’s office.
And then there's this:
A few years later, Proffitt came to Comer’s defense from allegations that nearly derailed the future congressman’s political career. During the 2015 Republican primary for governor, a local blogger began posting about accusations that Comer had abused a college girlfriend.Profitt’s family’s real estate company is in charge of selling the land held by Farm Team Properties which, incidentally, "has risen in value from between $50,000 and $100,000 in 2016 to between $500,001 and $1 million in 2022, records show."
Finally, if Comer believes shell companies are a sign of business fraud, that Trump fella' has about 500 of 'em.
https://apnews.com/article/comer-shell-company-bid... 