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 m...
It just shows how rich you have to be to REALLY be a politician most of the time. He took the loans out for 2010 and 2016…
In 2009 he was worth $17.9 million, in 2010 he was worth $46.95 million… a nearly 250% increase in a year… 1/4 his net worth in loans for CAMPAIGNING if split evenly between the campaigns. I wonder how the approval process for something like this works…
In 2015 he was worth $36.68 million, in 2016 he was worth $27.61 million…
https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/ron-johnson/net-worth?cid=N00032546&year=2018