Senator Markwayne Mullin ran a multimillion-dollar plumbing business and claimed he only took a $50,000 salary. His financial statements show otherwise.

Thu, 03/09/2023 - 23:02

Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021.
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Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin had a heated argument with the head of a union on Wednesday.
Mullin claimed he only paid himself a $50,000 salary and "invested every penny" into his business.
But he'd reported his private-sector salary at $92,000, with another $200,000 in income.

A Republican senator drastically understated how much money he made in the private sector as he argued with the head of the Teamsters union at a hearing in Washington on Wednesday.