Aaron Schock Donor Files Lawsuit Accusing Former Congressman of Racketeering and Fraud
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Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images(CHICAGO) — A Chicago man who says he donated $500 to then-Congressman Aaron Schock filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the former Rep. of racketeering and fraud.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Howard Foster filed the lawsuit Wednesday, just two weeks after Schock, a Republican, resigned his post. Schock is currently under federal investigation regarding his campaign and congressional expenditures. The lawsuit, the paper says, claims that Foster was misled into giving his money to the former Congressman.
“Like all Schock donors,” the suit says, Foster “gave money to the rising young Republican congressman because he believed Mr. Schock was ethical, a breath of fresh air in Illinois politics, and had a bright future in Congress.” Instead, it continues, “the opposite was true, and while Schock may have been a new, young face in Congress, he willingly followed well-tread paths of political sleaze for personal gain.”
It’s not clear how realistic the lawsuit is, as the Tribune notes that political donations are considered gifts, making them the property of the recipient.
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