ultimately destructive cascade of terrible news. there was allegations that he might have taken private plane rides. then they cross referenced his fancy instagram feed that showed him at concerts and things. and then we learned that congressman schock s staffers went on a taxpayer funded trip to new york where they had few official duties. what started as one off hand comment about the decorating of his office in this way turned into a full-blown mess for aaron schock. and congressman schock dealt with it as best he could. he paid $40,000 for the office
s them to meet the basic needs of their lives with dignity. thank you for your patience. thank you. they fixed everything. it is a lot of weight off my shoulders. it is about moving people forward and their lives forward. if you know somebody who deserves recognition, tell us about them and nominate them at cnnheroes.com. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight breaking news on a lot of fronts. first the airmen and isis. what a grand jury says a former u.s. air force mechanic did to help the terror group. also tonight after dodging questions about is had big spending ways allegedly on the taxpayers dime, congressman aaron schock s downton the
that. more than embarrassing until now. reporters seem to have been on to another story about congressman schock. yesterday they reported he used campaign money to pay for mileage on an suv he owned. he billed taxpayers for the mileage, and this afternoon, jake sherman said he was resigning after he was questioned about his mileage reimbursements. he was reimbursed for more miles than the suv had been travelled. politico is taking an implicit victory lap over this. but here is the question in his written statement today he didn t say why he was stepping down.
aaron schock who won a seat when he was just 23 years old. the state never had a younger lawmaker than aaron schock. he was aggressive, attractive, and did i mention young. at the time he was readying his run, republicans in congress at the time were trying to remake themselves in the image of a youthful party. they launched a republican young guns campaign in 2007 aaron schock was a much younger gun. reelected at only 27 to congress. in 2008 republicans got beaten badly. they lost ground in the senate and house. in 2008 republicans in congress got from illinois this new boy
feathers. when they realized they had a reporter taking a tour and snapping pictures about the office, they asked the reporter to delete the photos from their phone. the scale of the design, asking the reporter to get rid of the pictures. then the congressman got in real trouble as they tried to make this not such a big deal. the congressman s staff said the designer offered her services for free. she volunteered her time. that detail, that explanation that the work had been donated to aaron schock, that is a gift then, right? a donation. that led to allegations that he was violating the rules about accepting gifts as a member of congress. that little beltway style report about congressman aaron schock office was a human interest thing.