Another Democrat and CBC member Busted for Funneling Scholarships to Relatives

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation scholarships are for deserving talented students. Apparently, CBC members relative are the most deserving of all.

Politico reported:

Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) awarded three scholarships from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to his stepdaughter and wife’s niece between 2003 and 2005, according to records from the nonprofit group.

Bishop is the second Democrat found to have funneled CBC Foundation scholarship funds to relatives, threatening to turn the program into a larger political problem for the party. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) recently paid back $31,000 to the foundation for scholarships that she improperly awarded to various relatives and children of a top staffer.

Busted: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Asked for Scholarship Money to be Paid Directly to Her Relatives

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has previously claimed she had nothing to do with CBC scholarship money being awarded to here grandsons and nephews. Now, we find out she intervened to make sure they received it personally, not the school they were attending.

Johnson has insisted repeatedly that she left scholarship decisions to aides.

But two letters she sent the foundation from 2006 undermine claims that she wasn’t involved in obtaining $31,000 for her relatives and two other ineligible recipients.

Here is Stephen Broden, Eddie Bernice Johnson's Republican challenger in U.S. House District 30, explaining how Eddie Bernice Johnson told deserving college students there was no money available for scholarships. We now know there wasn't any money because it had gone to Rep. Johnson's relatives. This is shameful.