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<\/p>\nDisgraced Former Congressman Aaron Schock Is Being Indicted<\/b><\/p>\n
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Former Republican Congressman Aaron Schock is expected to be indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The disgraced anti-gay<\/a> Illinois lawmaker resigned from his seat in 2015<\/a> after questions arose about his alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n The Chicago Tribune<\/em> reports: <\/a><\/p>\n Schock’s attorney, George Terwilliger, called the expected charges a “misuse” of prosecutorial power by the Justice Department.<\/p>\n “This indictment will look bad, but underneath it is just made-up allegations of criminal activity arising from unintentional administrative errors,” Terwilliger said in a statement. “These charges are the culmination of an effort to find something, anything, to take down Aaron Schock.<\/p>\n Federal prosecutors in Illinois were expected to announce charges later Thursday.<\/p>\n More from the Journal Star: <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n At a news conference outside Peoria Heights Village Hall, attorney George Terwilliger challenged the timing of the indictment days after a national election and said it appeared “politically calculated.”<\/p>\n Schock himself, in brief comments, said prosecutors had spent “millions of taxpayer dollars in an attempt to manufacture a crime.”<\/p>\n Schock’s troubles began when photos of his Downton Abbey-inspired congressional office leaked and it was then discovered that he illegally accepted a designer’s services for free. <\/a><\/p>\n In March of 2015, the FBI began an investigation into Schock’s spending habits<\/a>, an investigation that ultimately revealed “untoward allegations” about Schock that would damage his reputation<\/a>, according to his lawyers.<\/p>\n Schock has long been rumored to be gay<\/a>. In an interview given after Schock resigned from office, Schock’s father said that his son is not gay.<\/a><\/p>\n As a Republican lawmaker, Schock had a history of taking anti-LGBT positions.<\/a> He voted no on a bill enforcing against hate crimes, and does not support marriage equality.<\/p>\n The post Disgraced Former Congressman Aaron Schock Is Being Indicted<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\nPREVIOUSLY – Rachel Maddow Looks At The Rise and Fall of Republican Boy Wonder Aaron Schock: VIDEO<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n