{"id":538,"date":"2023-12-06T18:43:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressmo.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2023-12-06T18:43:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:43:23","slug":"plochers-ethics-investigation-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/2023\/12\/06\/plochers-ethics-investigation-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Plocher\u2019s Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Ethics Investigation Saga Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Plocher<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In October, Progress MO reported that Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher, a Republican representative from Des Peres, had repeatedly broken the law<\/a>. We joined hundreds of Missourians in calling for an investigation into Plocher\u2019s schemes, as well as for his immediate resignation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the House has launched an ethics investigation against Plocher<\/a>. But Plocher has also become more bold in his defiance of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the House committee investigating Plocher reconvenes Dec. 6, here\u2019s a debrief on what\u2019s happened so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plocher Threatened To Fire An Employee For Exposing His Government Contract Scheme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As previously reported by the Missouri Independent<\/a>, Plocher committed \u201cunethical and perhaps unlawful conduct\u201d in seeking an expensive government contract that could benefit elected officials running for office. Then, he announced his own campaign for Lieutenant Governor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plocher Used Campaign Funds To Pay For Travel, Lied About It, And Got The State To Reimburse His Campaign<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plocher used taxpayer dollars to reimburse his campaign nine times since taking office<\/strong> in 2018. He signed sworn affidavits saying he had used personal funds, not campaign funds, to pay for travel when seeking reimbursement \u2013 a blatant lie. These illegal reimbursements could violate both state and federal law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plocher Fired His Chief of Staff \u2013 And Replaced Him With A Criminal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After the two ethics violations above and extensive public pressure, the House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into Plocher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plocher fired his chief of staff and hired a new one: former House Speaker Rod Jetton, who admitted to assaulting a woman.<\/a> Maybe Plocher figured Jetton\u2019s past scandals gave him the necessary experience to coach Plocher through his current ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plocher\u2019s Investigation Continues \u2013 Let Your Legislators Know Where You Stand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The House Ethics Committee meets again today to continue investigating Plocher. They should know Missourians won\u2019t stand for another corrupt Speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write a letter to your legislators now to let them know you want Plocher OUT.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more of Progress MO\u2019s coverage on Speaker Plocher\u2019s legal problems, read Bring The Hammer Down on Plocher<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaker Dean Plocher is currently facing an ethics committee investigation over multiple allegations of unethical and unlawful conduct. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,27,32,40,48,57,77],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ethics","tag-house","tag-investigation","tag-legislature","tag-missouri","tag-plocher","tag-speaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}