Abbott wants Farenthold to "cover all costs" of special election

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New from @PatrickSvitek: @GovAbbott wants @Elect_Blake to cover the costs of a special election to replace him using the money he didn’t pay back to taxpayers for his sexual harassment settlement https://www.texastribune.org/2018/04/25/abbott-wants-farenthold-cover-all-costs-special-election/ … #txlege #tx2018

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Abbott wants Farenthold to "cover all costs" of special election

In a letter Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott told former U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold he should return $84,000 that he used to settle a sexual harassment claim to taxpayers by funding a June 30 special election to finish his term.

BY PATRICK SVITEK APRIL 25, 2018 UPDATED: 1 HOUR AGO

Gov. Greg Abbott is demanding that former U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold "cover all costs" of the special election to fill his seat using the $84,000 the Corpus Christi Republican used to settle a sexual harassment claim years ago.

Farenthold, who abruptly resigned earlier this month, had promised to pay back the $84,000 — which came out of a taxpayer-funded account — after that settlement was made public last year but hasn't so far.

In a letter to Farenthold on Wednesday, Abbott said the former congressman should return the money to taxpayers by funding the June 30 special election to finish his term.

"While you have publicly offered to reimburse the $84,000 in taxpayer funds you wrongly used to settle a sexual harassment claim, there is no legal recourse requiring you to give that money back to Congress," Abbott wrote. "I am urging you to give those funds back to the counties in your district to cover the costs of the June 30, 2018, special election."

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1. Oh, yeah, right.

Like that'll happen!