Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' $19K lectern controversy | THV11+ Timeline

A lectern purchased by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office set off a controversy, an audit, and transparency concerns while her office claimed no laws were broken. This THV11+ timeline starts from the moment the controversy arose to the announcement of no criminal charges.

[rchdeflepfan]

Such a liar! Records were intentionally altered!

[rchdeflepfan]

Procurement laws do apply. Don't use that as a defense. The GOP playbook.

[htownsend]

If the state was reimbursed, then the podium was not paid for with private funds. It means that state funds were used to purchase the podium, and at some point after the purchase, the state was paid (reimbursed) for the purchase!

[cc-guff]

i want a free vacation where do send the bill

[JonAnderhub]

And months later it all disappears.
No proof that the actual podium exists, no questions why it was "purchased" through the Governor's friend's company rather than direct from the manufacturer for much less money. And what about all the mysterious altered paper work?

[LuckyEssoBee]

No folks, nothing stinks to high heaven here. If everything does remarkably check out as being on the up and up, they paid over $19, 000 for a lectern because the seller took advantage of the idiots from Arkansas. And they won't even let anyone see the

[SOLDTONORM]

Vice President Sarah Sanders...sounds good to me.

[josephwilson]

Jill's flight from France to Delaware and back cost us taxpayers $366, 000 but that's o.k.

[joco]

I hope she gets away with this. She's innocent. It wasn't SHS putting in the order. She's innocent as freshly fallen snow, and just as pure. Leave her alone, poor angel. She's innocent. I just know it.