{"id":95033,"date":"2019-09-05T08:25:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/aaron-schock-is-officially-off-the-hook-from-charges-he-defrauded-the-government\/"},"modified":"2019-09-05T08:25:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:25:24","slug":"aaron-schock-is-officially-off-the-hook-from-charges-he-defrauded-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/aaron-schock-is-officially-off-the-hook-from-charges-he-defrauded-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Schock is Officially Off the Hook from Charges He Defrauded the Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Schock is Officially Off the Hook from Charges He Defrauded the Government<\/b><\/p>\n

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Aaron Schock is officially off the hook<\/a> for corruption charges including filing false tax returns, mail fraud, wire fraud, submitting false reports to the FEC, false statements, and theft of government funds, defrauding the government of more than $100,000.<\/p>\n

In March, federal prosecutors agreed to drop all corruption charges against Schock (R-IL) if he paid back $42K to the IRS and $68K to his campaign and stayed out of trouble for six months in a deal known as a \u201cdeferred prosecution.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The Chicago Tribune<\/em> called the deal<\/a> \u201cvirtually unheard of in a high-profile corruption case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schock\u2019s troubles began when photos of his Downton Abbey-inspired\u00a0congressional office leaked and it was then discovered\u00a0that he illegally accepted a designer\u2019s services for free.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

In March of 2015, the FBI\u00a0began an investigation into Schock\u2019s spending habits<\/a>, an investigation that ultimately revealed \u201cuntoward allegations\u201d about Schock that\u00a0would damage his reputation<\/a>, according to his lawyers. Schock faced a 24-count indictment for filing false tax returns and covering up fraud schemes, and using government and campaign funds improperly.<\/p>\n

The disgraced\u00a0anti-gay<\/a>\u00a0Illinois lawmaker\u00a0resigned from his seat in 2015<\/a>\u00a0after questions arose\u00a0about his alleged misuse of funds.<\/p>\n

Headlines surrounding the former congressman have turned more personal in recent weeks after social media photographs showed Schock hanging out and traveling with various gay<\/a> men<\/a>. Schock has never apologized for his support of a federal amendment to ban same-sex<\/a> marriage or his support of the military\u2019s ban on openly gay<\/a> service members. He has denied he is gay<\/a> when asked by the press.<\/p>\n

So Schock\u2019s hypocrisy has been pointed out frequently in recent months, after\u00a0photographs were taken of him with a group of gay men<\/a>\u00a0at the Coachella Music festival, he was spotted\u00a0talking up various men<\/a>\u00a0at a West Hollywood pool, he was photographed putting money\u00a0in a go-go boy\u2019s briefs<\/a>, he was hanging out with a popular gay Instagram \u201cinfluencer,\u201d<\/a> and after\u00a0a nude, sexual video<\/a>\u00a0turned up on Twitter.<\/p>\n

An FEC filing from Schock in early June\u00a0raised speculation that he was planning another run for office<\/a>, but\u00a0Schock has denied that is happening<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Schock is Officially Off the Hook from Charges He Defrauded the Government<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n