Sarah Sanders’ Luxurious Super Bowl Hints At More Corruption

You may recall that rather than explain why she spent nearly $20,000 for a lectern purchased from a pal’s company, Gov. Sanders (R-AR) changed her state’s FOIA rules. Nothing suspicious at all about that, right?

Now, just a few months later, there are questions about the Sanders family’s luxury Super Bowl that likely cost at least $202,500, not including travel and security costs.

TPM’s Hunter Walker did a deep dive into the subject. He noted that Sanders posted a series of Instagram photos of herself enjoying VIP status at the game. “But when her selfies provoked real questions about the blatantly obvious ethical implications that come along with a civil servant enjoying virtually the same amenities as a billionaire pop star, Sanders and her team shut down,” he wrote.

Nevertheless, Walker was able to sleuth out that Sanders and her family likely obtained their passes through the Chiefs, one of the team’s partners, or via a broker,” he wrote.

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