PEORIA, Ill. (WLS) --
"Two years from now he'll be successful, if he's not in jail," Congressman Aaron Schock's father said of his son the day after he announced his resignation. Schock, 33, is accused of congressional and campaign misspending. The investigation began after his office was decorated to look like TV show "Downton' Abbey".
His father, Dr. Richard Schock, spoke to ABC7 Chicago outside his Peoria home on Wednesday morning.
"If they're going to convict him on paperwork, then they're going to convict him. That's their privilege," Dr. Richard Schock said. "They're out to get him and they're making issues out of things that really shouldn't be issues."
Dr. Richard Schock spoke with his son Tuesday after the resignation was announced. He called the congressman "broken" but a "fighter."
Schock plans to resign on March 31, 2015.
His stepping down will end a House Ethics investigation of how campaign and taxpayer funds were spent, including recent disclosures that he billed taxpayers for 170,000 miles on his personal car, even though the car only had been driven 80,000 miles, according to the odometer.
However, a criminal investigation is still possible.
A Schock spokesperson said Tuesday night that all mileage expense reimbursements have now been repaid to the government.
"He's had a good run. He's done a lot of good. He's helped a lot of people," Dr. Richard Schock said.
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"Two years from now he'll be successful, if he's not in jail," Congressman Aaron Schock's father said of his son the day after he announced his resignation. Schock, 33, is accused of congressional and campaign misspending. The investigation began after his office was decorated to look like TV show "Downton' Abbey".
His father, Dr. Richard Schock, spoke to ABC7 Chicago outside his Peoria home on Wednesday morning.
"If they're going to convict him on paperwork, then they're going to convict him. That's their privilege," Dr. Richard Schock said. "They're out to get him and they're making issues out of things that really shouldn't be issues."
Dr. Richard Schock spoke with his son Tuesday after the resignation was announced. He called the congressman "broken" but a "fighter."
Schock plans to resign on March 31, 2015.
His stepping down will end a House Ethics investigation of how campaign and taxpayer funds were spent, including recent disclosures that he billed taxpayers for 170,000 miles on his personal car, even though the car only had been driven 80,000 miles, according to the odometer.
However, a criminal investigation is still possible.
A Schock spokesperson said Tuesday night that all mileage expense reimbursements have now been repaid to the government.
"He's had a good run. He's done a lot of good. He's helped a lot of people," Dr. Richard Schock said.
(Copyright ©2015 WLS-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
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