2010 Flashback: Aaron Schock Discusses Congressional Ethics While Judging ‘Top Chef’

‘When you become a new member of Congress and win your election, the first day is spent on ethics. Believe it or not, a good portion of that discussion is about food’

Aaron Schock Sure Knew About Congressional Ethics Rules When He Judged Top Chef (Mediaite)

This morning, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) hastily told a reporter from Politico that he “certainly hope[d]” that he did not break any Congressional ethics rules — “I’m not an attorney,” he said. Maybe not, but when he was lecturing a group of Top Chef contestants, he certainly seemed to have an intimate knowledge about at least one of those rules — one that years later, he very well may have broken.

Schock is currently under fire for a lot of things: accepting tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of free decorating services, allegedly using taxpayer money to pay for lavish hotels and Katy Perry tickets, and misreporting expenditures (once, for a private jet to a Chicago Bears game) Schock recently promised to run his expenses through a third party, and admitted that his jet-setting lifestyle, documented meticulously on Instagram, may have given the impression that he was out of touch with his constituents.

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