Word: allen
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...moments before calling on the House Ethics Committee to investigate the "false allegations." "I want to be clear that I have not misused campaign funds, and I am confident that when all the facts come to light, I will be completely vindicated." Mahoney's campaign has stated separately that Allen "resigned of her own accord, in good standing...
...Mahoney attorney Gary Isaacs told TIME on Thursday morning that there was a settlement paid to Allen, but that the funds came from Mahoney's business. "I have no reason to believe for there to be an inkling of any impropriety" as far as campaign or taxpayer money being used, Isaacs said. The attorney did not elaborate on what the settlement payment was for. "Both sides are bound by confidentiality," he said. "There's an agreement between the parties that limit what I can say with regards to the resolution...
...Oklahoma, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, happened to be at a fund raiser for Mahoney's opponent in Palm Beach County, where Mahoney lives, the morning of Mahoney's press conference, and he wasted no time in attacking the alleged $121,000 in hush money given to Allen. Party members blasted Mahoney, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a separate Ethics Committee investigation - which, since Congress is on recess, would have to take place after the election. Florida's Republican Party rushed a one-minute television ad mocking a 2006 Mahoney television campaign commercial that described...
...initial revelations were just the beginning of Mahoney's woes. The FBI is reportedly investigating if any campaign dollars or taxpayer funds were used in his settlement with Allen, and a second woman, a high-ranking official in Martin County, directly north of Palm Beach County, reportedly also had an affair with Mahoney while he was in office. On Wednesday, ABC News reported allegations that Mahoney went out of his way to help the woman secure a $3.2 million hurricane-cleanup reimbursement from FEMA. (Mahoney's representative responded that the Congressman had helped many counties in Florida get reimbursed...
Update: Mahoney has since admitted to having "multiple" marital affairs, according to interviews with news outlets on Friday Oct 17. This apparently included the one with former congressional and campaign staffer Patricia Allen that lasted from 2006 through 2008. Mahoney and Allen settled a lawsuit this year that gives Allen $60,000 and her attorneys $40,000. He didn't want "the public spectacle" of Allen going public during the congressman's first re-election campaign, so he chose the settlement as his best option. "I wanted to hide it," he said, and "make it go away," though he admitted...