His office has not responded to CNN’s inquiries about this report and others that have questioned his expenses and the reimbursements provided to him.
With pressure mounting to respond to these allegations, Schock has hired William McGinley and Donald McGahn, partners at prominent Washington law firm Jones Day. McGahn is a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission and a federal campaign finance law expert. McGinley’s biography on the law firm’s site says he represents members of Congress, candidates, and corporations in investigations before the Office of Congressional Ethics and the House and Senate Ethics Committees.
Schock has also retained GOP communications experts Ron Bonjean and Brian Walsh.
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“I think they’re more concerned with how he’s doing his day-to-day job, but there’s a wait and see approach to this in terms of everything that’s come out,” Kaergard said. “I think we’ll wait and see if there’s any other shoes to drop.”
Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.
