Massachusetts State Representative arrested and charged with misusing campaign funds on gambling and other bad habits

The Lowell Democrat is accused of “using campaign funds to pay personal expenses, and other federal charges.”

US Attorney Llelling yet again taking names,  numbers and prisoners …
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– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

A Massachusetts State Representative arrested and charged with misusing campaign funds on gambling and other bad habits

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Federal authorities arrested State Representative David Nangle, a former chair of the House Ethics Committee, Tuesday morning on charges alleging his “… using campaign funds to pay personal expenses, and other federal charges.”

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Nangle has served in the House since 1999, representing the 17th Middlesex District.

A mid-morning news conference hosted by U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling, the FBI and IRS criminal investigators laid out a wide range of criminal acts allegedly committed by probably soon to be former State Representative Nangle in a twenty eight count indictment which further poses the potential of upwards of a million dollar in fines and recompensation orders.

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No comment, however, as to why state law enforcement agencies are apparently not involved with the investigation and prosecution of Nangle.

Not that anyone at Quincy Quarry is surprised by the apparent lack of state officials aggressively stepping up to the plate to address suspected campaign fund abuses and criminal violations by yet another Massachusetts politician.

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Source: Massachusetts State Rep. David Nangle Arrested, Allegedly Used Campaign Funds To Pay Gambling Debts