{"id":1445159,"date":"2022-04-19T07:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445159"},"modified":"2022-04-19T07:30:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:30:04","slug":"democrat-rep-clyburn-showers-family-members-with-200k-in-campaign-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-clyburn-showers-family-members-with-200k-in-campaign-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Rep. Clyburn Showers Family Members With $200k+ in Campaign Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-rep-clyburn-showers-family-members-with-200k-in-campaign-cash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445159&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>House Majority Whip James Clyburn has showered numerous family members with more than $200,000 in campaign cash in recent years, a Fox News Digital review of campaign records found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/south-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> South Carolina <\/a>Democrat&#8217;s campaign expenditures have made their way to five relatives, including two of his daughters, their husbands and a grandson, the records show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One family member benefiting from his campaign&#8217;s operations is Jennifer Clyburn Reed, Rep. Clyburn&#8217;s daughter, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00255562&#038;recipient_name=jennifer+reed&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2020&#038;min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&#038;max_date=12%2F31%2F2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pocketed<\/a> $45,000 for a &#8220;campaign management fee&#8221; between July and December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer has also taken in tens of thousands of dollars for &#8220;office rent.&#8221; The rent checks, however, are not made out directly to her name but instead steered to a limited liability company she owns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/640\/320\/clyburn.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"House Majority Whip James Clyburn has showered numerous family members with more than $200,000 in campaign cash in recent years.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      House Majority Whip James Clyburn has showered numerous family members with more than $200,000 in campaign cash in recent years.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Stefani Reynolds\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Clyburn&#8217;s campaign has dished out $62,500 in rent payments to a company called 49 Magnolia Blossom LLC since March 2020, federal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00255562&#038;recipient_name=49+Magnolia+Blossom&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2018&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2020&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022&#038;min_date=01%2F01%2F2017&#038;max_date=12%2F31%2F2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">records<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00255562\/1587188\/sb\/ALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">show<\/a>. According to South Carolina\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businessfilings.sc.gov\/BusinessFiling\/Entity\/Profile\/bac04dec-f11e-4016-89a4-150b4f0e6125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">business records<\/a>, Jennifer Clyburn Reed&#8217;s husband, Walter A Reed, is the registered agent of the limited liability company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s reported address is identical to Jennifer and Walter&#8217;s former home address, which the pair purchased in February 2003 but appears to have sold in April 2021, according to Richland County\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www6.richlandcountysc.gov\/AssessorSearch\/(S(e0j3qyjomagvlgnp3n1twowg))\/assessorview.aspx?id=R22710-04-57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">property<\/a>\u00a0records.<\/p>\n<p>A $650 payment for &#8220;office maintenance lighting&#8221; was also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202107159451303624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">disbursed<\/a>\u00a0to Walter in May 2021, less than two weeks after the couple appeared to have sold their home. The couple&#8217;s LLC received its most recent rent check from Rep. Clyburn&#8217;s campaign for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00255562\/1587188\/sb\/ALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$7,500<\/a>\u00a0in the first quarter of 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Clyburn&#8217;s campaign records further\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00255562&#038;recipient_name=angela+hannibal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">show<\/a>\u00a0that Angela Hannibal, another one of his daughters, has raked in more than $20,000 for truck rentals, canvassing, voter outreach and catering between April 2018 and October 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Angela&#8217;s husband, Cecil Hannibal, has also pocketed nearly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00255562&#038;recipient_name=cecil+hannibal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$70,000<\/a>\u00a0from Rep. Clyburn&#8217;s campaign committee for community and district outreach and travel reimbursements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ilhan-omar-husband-firm-payments-committee-squad-member\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ILHAN OMAR&#8217;S HUSBAND&#8217;S FIRM QUIETLY RAKING IN PAYMENTS AGAIN FROM COMMITTEE LINKED TO &#8216;SQUAD&#8217; MEMBER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/AP22095723927180.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Clyburn, a top Democrat in Washington, was perhaps the most pivotal figure for President Biden&#039;s 2020 campaign.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Clyburn, a top Democrat in Washington, was perhaps the most pivotal figure for President Biden&#8217;s 2020 campaign.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rep. Clyburn has also paid his grandson, Walter A.C. Reed, thousands of dollars per month for a &#8220;campaign management fee.&#8221; Reed received six payments\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00255562\/1587188\/sb\/ALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">totaling<\/a>\u00a0$21,000 from his grandfather&#8217;s campaign committee during the first quarter of 2022. His checks date back to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00255562&#038;recipient_name=Reed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 2021<\/a>\u00a0and top $35,000.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Clyburn, all told, has pushed more than $200,000 of his campaign funds to family members. Clyburn&#8217;s campaign did not respond to a Fox News Digital inquiry on the payments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clyburn, a top Democrat in Washington, was perhaps the most pivotal figure for President Biden&#8217;s 2020 campaign. The influential South Carolina Democrat helped swing the 2020 Democratic primary in Biden&#8217;s favor in the Palmetto State and set him on the path to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden nominated Clyburn&#8217;s daughter, Jennifer Clyburn Reed, a former teacher, as federal co-chair of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission last year. In December, the Senate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-approves-clyburn-daughter-federal-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">narrowly approved<\/a>\u00a0her for the position, which works to relieve economic hardship in the southeastern United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since entering Congress in 1993, Clyburn has not faced any legitimate threat to his House seat and has easily cruised through re-elections in South Carolina&#8217;s 6th congressional district.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maxine-waters-pays-daughter-campaign-cash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MAXINE WATERS PAYS DAUGHTER ANOTHER $24,000 IN CAMPAIGN CASH, ADDING TO $1.2M IN PREVIOUS PAYMENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/640\/320\/Maxine-Walking.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting to choose leaders for the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2018.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting to choose leaders for the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2018.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(REUTERS\/Joshua Roberts)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2020\/06\/campaigns-paying-family-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Democrats and Republicans<\/u><\/a> have paid relatives with campaign contributions over the years. While it&#8217;s legal for federal lawmakers to employ family members on campaigns, the practice is generally frowned upon by ethics experts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maxine-waters-pays-daughter-campaign-cash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> last week that Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., paid her daughter another $24,000 during the first quarter of 2022, adding to more than $1.2 million that the Waters campaign has paid Karen Waters for &#8220;slate mailer management&#8221; fees and &#8220;campaign managing services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is another Democrat who has used her campaign funds to shower a relative with cash. Omar&#8217;s campaign dished out nearly $3 million to her husband Tim Mynett&#8217;s political consulting firm, the E Street Group, over several years. While Omar&#8217;s campaign ceased paying her husband&#8217;s consulting firm in November 2020, Fox News Digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ilhan-omar-husband-firm-payments-committee-squad-member\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> last week that \u00a0the E Street Group received its first federal committee payment in more than a year, which was sent from a committee linked to Omar.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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