There's good news and there's bad news for Rick Renzi, the embattled Congressman from northern and eastern Arizona, one of the nation's largest Congressional districts. But really, mostly bad.
The good news (for him) is that he's been cleared of campaign finance violations going all the way back to his initial election to Congress in 2002, after a new district was created. But he's definitely paying a price. By retroactively classifying the questionable funds as a personal loan to his campaign, he's had to pony up $323,840 to the IRS & state of Arizona for back income taxes. Yikes! That's gotta sting.
Cross-posted at ePluribusMedia