New warrants show a nonprofit group connected to lobbyists facing criminal charges for buying gifts for lawmakers spent even more than previously known – nearly $80,000 on golfing, a vacation property, strip clubs, and the Carolina Panthers from 2022 to 2024.
So far, though, no current or former lawmakers are facing any consequences for accepting any gifts from the group, and good-government watchdogs are asking why.
The nonprofit group, Greater Carolina, came under investigation after four lobbyists were charged in association to a 2024 bourbon tasting tour in Kentucky it organized for state lawmakers and staffers.
The group also organized
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