{"id":603101,"date":"2021-07-26T17:22:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T21:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=603101"},"modified":"2021-07-26T17:22:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T21:22:17","slug":"michigan-dem-spends-campaign-funds-at-strip-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-dem-spends-campaign-funds-at-strip-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Dem Spends Campaign Funds at Strip Club"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fmichigan-dem-spends-campaign-funds-at-strip-club%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=603101&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-26-at-3.51.12-PM-e1627329107836.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Michigan Democratic state representative spent $221 in campaign funds at a strip club, according to the lawmaker&#8217;s financial disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jewell Jones&#8217;s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/cfrsearch.nictusa.com\/documents\/512990\/details\/filing\/expenditures?schedule=%2A&amp;changes=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quarterly disclosures<\/a> list a March &#8220;constituent meeting&#8221; at the Pantheion Club in Dearborn, Mich. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deadlinedetroit.com\/articles\/28469\/notorious_inkster_lawmaker_spent_221_from_campaign_at_dearborn_strip_club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">venue<\/a> is a topless dancing club and claims to be &#8220;the oldest and most established gentlemens [sic] club in Michigan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The listed purpose for the strip club expense described the meeting as a discussion of &#8220;potential economic projects&#8221; in Inkster, Mich., which Jones represents in the state house.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, who sits on the legislature&#8217;s regulatory reform committee, has spent more than $6,400 of his campaign&#8217;s funds this year at restaurants for ostensibly work-related meetings. One expenditure listed in the disclosures describes a March &#8220;dinner meeting with other legislators&#8221; at a restaurant in Las Vegas where Jones spent nearly $700.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old lawmaker, who in 2016 was elected as the state&#8217;s youngest-ever representative, is no stranger to controversy. Jones was arrested on drunk-driving charges in April, after he drove his car into a ditch. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/rep-jewell-jones-female-passenger-found-with-pants-down-before-arrest-per-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a police report<\/a> detailing the incident, a paramedic described arriving at the scene to witness a woman in the car with her pants down while Jones&#8217;s pants were partially down. Police on scene tased and pepper-sprayed Jones when he became combative, and the lawmaker threatened to call on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D., Mich.) to get the officers in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not going to be good for you,&#8221; Jones said as officers wrestled him to the ground. &#8220;I run you all&#8217;s budget, bro. When I call Gretchen, I&#8217;ll need y&#8217;all IDs and badge numbers, everything.&#8221; His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2021\/07\/26\/michigan-lawmaker-reports-221-campaign-spending-strip-club\/8091648002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blood alcohol content<\/a> was 0.19, twice the legal driving limit.<\/p>\n<p>Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/state-rep-jewell-jones-violates-probation-for-2nd-time-gets-warning-instead-of-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violated the terms<\/a> of his probation this month for the second time by failing to pay for an alcohol-monitoring tether, which he is required to wear to track his alcohol intake. The judge in the case ordered Jones pay a $1,000 fine for the violation and told him he would face jail time if he breaches his bond conditions again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Michigan Democratic state representative spent $221 in campaign funds at a strip club, according to the lawmaker&#8217;s financial disclosures. Rep. 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