Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri has had an ethics violation filed against her, Politico reports. As with all such cases, I presume that she is guilty and I hope some official action is taken. I'm sure that won't be the case. Even in terms of really minor league ethics violations, this one isn't a big deal. She returned $88,000 of taxpayer money to the Treasury. The money had been used for reimbursements for flights on a private jet partially owned by her and her husband. One of those flights, worth $1,220.44, was for a completely political trip, which violates ethics rules.
While this incident is totally de minimis in the grand scheme of the orgy of corruption that is the United States Congress, it still warrants concern. It is a symptom of the arrogance and sense of entitlement that is completely endemic in America's political class.
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