Of course he did. That's no doubt what made him a rising star.
Mike Sanders, a former Jackson County Executive, prosecutor and once a rising star in Missouri’s Democratic Party, is now a convicted felon after pleading guilty Friday afternoon to a federal corruption charge.
But no doubt he was just redistributing the wealth to "the people".
Sanders admitted in court to misusing tens of thousands of dollars for his personal gain, including trips to California wine country... Sanders’ longtime friend, aide and chief of staff, Calvin Williford, sobbed after pleading guilty at a separate hearing earlier Friday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He testified that he and Sanders used campaign cash for gambling trips to Las Vegas...
I'm shocked that another Dem apparatchik was living the good life with misappropriated money.
As Sanders’ chief of staff, Williford oversaw a program that gave houses to needy families and helped arrange the purchase of the Rock Island rail line through Kansas City, which will one day connect to the cross-state Katy Trail
... one day.
After winning his first term as Jackson County Executive in 2007, Sanders’ political future looked bright in Missouri.
He would later become chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party from 2011 to 2013 and drew no serious opposition in his two bids for re-election as Jackson County Executive. Sanders was often rumored as a possible successor to U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver whenever he decided to leave Congress.
He still could be.