Missing GOP Rep Saga Takes Twist as New Documents Surface

Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag The weekslong saga surrounding the mysterious absence of a Republican lawmaker took a fresh twist after a new report unearthed documents he signed during his disappearance. While he was out of the public eye, New Jersey Rep. Tom Kean Jr., 57, signed off on two “gift travel” disclosures authorizing his chief of staff, Dan Scharfenberger, to take trips paid for by special interest groups, according to NOTUS . The representative for the Garden State’s seventh legislative district hasn’t cast a vote since March 5. But on March 14 , he signed an employee post-travel disclosure form indicating that Scharfenberger went on a Las Vegas trip funded by the Republican Main Street Partnership, where he “participated in a full day of meetings and tours,” “learned about dozens of different companies,” and “heard many federal policy priorities.” Read more at The Daily Beast.

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