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State Rep. Margo Davidson, 58, -- who represents a portion of Delaware County -- is accused of requesting overnight expenses for nights she did not spend in Harrisburg between 2017 and 2019 and received personal reimbursements for expenses that had been paid for by her campaign, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.
Between 2015 and 2019, her campaign's bank records and campaign finance reports revealed more than $8,000 in undisclosed or incorrectly reported expenditures from the campaign fund, PennLive says citing court documents.
Davidson also solicited a witness to lie during the course of the investigation, the AG's office said.
Davidson accepted contributions and paid expenditures from her campaign fund without a campaign chairperson or treasurer between 2016 and 2019, PennLive reports.
“State Representatives swear an oath to use their office for public service — not fraudulent personal gain,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
“We will uphold the laws of the Commonwealth without bias, and we will continue to uncover corruption wherever it is found.”
Davidson was in her sixth two-year term in the House, representing the 164th legislative district. She was charged with misdemeanor charges of theft, solicitation to hinder apprehension, and Election Code violations.
She waived her preliminary hearing, and has paid the restitution of $6,925.
The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General James Price.
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