GOPer Ron Johnson admits he may quietly use donor money to repay himself up to $8.4 million
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) was caught using campaign donations to repay himself $400,000 — and he says he may not stop there.
On May 3, Johnson repaid himself $400,000 for loans to his 2010 and 2016 campaigns. Two weeks later, the senator told Insider he had "no intention" of seeking repayment of $8.4 million in additional loans.
But on Tuesday, Johnson's position seemed to shift as he suggested to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he might quietly repay himself in a covert way.
"Again, I'm not making an overt effort," he said.
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that candidates can use donations to repay themselves for unlimited personal loans to their campaigns.
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