Fed. Official: FBI Investigating Mahoney for Misused FundsA senior federal official confirmed that the FBI is investigating Rep. Tim Mahoney on the possible misuse of federal funds, the AP reports.
Yesterday, Mahoney’s attorney provided documentation to the AP showing that the congressman had paid $121,000 from his personal account in a settlement with his former staffer and alleged ex-mistress, Patricia Allen, dispelling questions over whether federal or campaign funds were used to pay-off Allen.
But investigators are looking into whether funds were misused during Allen’s time as a staffer in Mahoney’s congressional office and questioning whether Allen was put on the federal payroll in order to keep her from revealing the alleged affair.
FBI investigators are looking into whether Mahoney “benefited sexually in return for spending or securing federal money,” after it was revealed yesterday that Mahoney had a possible second affair with a county official from Mahoney’s district. Mahoney lobbied for and won $3.4 million in FEMA aid for the official’s county, a favor he didn’t provide to the other counties in his district — while he was allegedly carrying on an affair with her.