Smart Health Shop Forum Blog: Rep. Aaron Schock resigns on heels of ethics, spending questions

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Rep. Aaron Schock resigns on heels of ethics, spending questions – Huffington Publish

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, will resign his place of work March 31 as questions proceed to construct about his use of his marketing campaign fund and taxpayer cash.

What started out as an fun story about his “Downton Abbey”-type administrative center makeover grew fast into a large-ranging scandal as important points emerged about Schock’s use of personal airplanes for private journeys, extravagant spending on fund-elevating journeys and, within the newest revelations, that Schock could have benefited financially from an actual property deal in Peoria involving marketing campaign supporters and improperly billed taxpayers for tens of heaps of miles on his non-public car.

Schock on Feb. 25 employed attorneys and public family members agency so to get the scandal below regulate. However in saying his resignation Tuesday, he mentioned the allegations had turn out to be a “distraction” that hindered his respectable responsibilities. Schock’s workplace issued this statement:

Today, I am announcing my resignation as a Member of the United States House of Representatives effective March 31st.

I do this with a heavy heart. Serving the people of the 18th District is the highest and greatest honor I have had in my life. I thank them for their faith in electing me and letting me represent their interests in Washington. I have given them my all over the last six years. I have traveled to all corners of the District to meet with the people I’ve been fortunate to be able to call my friends and neighbors.

But the constant questions over the last six weeks have proven a great distraction that has made it too difficult for me to serve the people of the 18th District with the high standards that they deserve and which I have set for myself.

I have always sought to do what’s best for my constituents and I thank them for the opportunity to serve.

Schock’s resignation came just hours after Washington-based magazine and website Politico asked for an explanation of some 90,000 miles for which Schock had been reimbursed on his personal vehicle.

Read more about Schock’s resignation and the media scrutiny he has faced over the last six weeks at Reboot Illinois.

And watch this slideshow to learn about Schock’s rise to congressional fame and high-flying spending history: