MassGOP, facing $600,000 in debts, hires ex prosecutor Who owes what key to getting ‘affairs in order’

 

Lyons lost his job as a consequence of the elections and perhaps, in no small part, after he responded to the party’s losses in November with lawsuits and allegations of sabotage against fellow party insiders.

In the days ahead of his election loss, Lyons was reported to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance by the party treasurer, who alleged the former chairman had violated campaign laws by hiring a private investigator to look into now-Gov. Maura Healey and not reporting the spending.  https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/21/massgop-facing-600000-in-debts-hires-ex-prosecutor/?utm_email=B47AA4BF04D535F664F99407F9&g2i_eui=RgubftAtS%2bPZ3icRgqbNnp9LwXH2xBea&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg=B47AA4BF04D535F664F99407F9&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bostonherald.com%2f2023%2f02%2f21%2fmassgop-facing-600000-in-debts-hires-ex-prosecutor%2f&utm_campaign=boston-herald-nightly-briefing&utm_content=automated

That unreported expenditure, totaling just over $55,000, was just the tip of the iceberg, the Herald has learned.

“Vendor invoices presented to MassGOP total $602,151.93 to date which includes many unsubstantiated invoices that appear to not be the responsibility of the Party. Our legal counsel as well as our compliance firm are diligently reviewing these to better understand who authorized these payments and in what capacity they were acting,” the MassG