Sen. Ron Johnson repaid himself $400,000 in old campaign loans days before saying he had 'no intentions of doing that'

Tue, 07/18/2023 - 10:45

Sen. Ron Johnson, seen here at a recent press conference, says he won’t seek to recoup $8.4 million in personal loans from his campaign — even though he legally could. — Sen. Ron Johnson, seemed to indicated in May that he would not seek to recoup the old loans he'd made to his own campaign.
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Sen. Ron Johnson told Insider in May that he had "no intentions" of recouping old campaign loans.
But before that, he'd already done so — receiving $400,000 from his campaign after raising money for it.
It's entirely legal, thanks to a Supreme Court case brought by fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

Over the last year, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has indicated in both campaign filings and on his 2022 financial disclosure that his campaign now owes him more than $8.4 million.