Brent Furer

Vitter's Office Paid For Aide's Trips Home For Court Appearances: Report

Rachel Slajda | August 19, 2010, 10:51AM

Senator David Vitter (R-LA)

Sen. David Vitter's (R-LA) office apparently paid for a staffer's trips from Washington, D.C., to Louisiana when the staffer was due to appear in court on drunken driving charges.

The Advocate reports that Vitter paid for Brent Furer -- the aide who resigned earlier this year over reports of his domestic violence and DWI charges -- to take two trips to Baton Rouge in 2007 and 2008. The trips coincided with court dates related to Furer's most recent DWI arrest in 2004.

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