A Tennessee state senator has been charged with using federal funds to pay for his wedding and flamboyant lifestyle, prosecutors announced in a statement this week.
According to New York Post reports, Senator Katrina Robinson stole $ 600,000 between 2015 and 2019, which was awarded to The Healthcare Institute, a company she ran.
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In a photo provided by the Tennessee State Senate, Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson poses for a photo in Nashville, Tennessee, d (Tennessee State Senate via AP)
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In addition to the costs of the wedding, the state Democratic senator who was elected in 2018 is also accused of using the money to pay for a luxurious honeymoon and to pay the legal fees for her divorce.
Robinson also allegedly bought his daughter a 2016 Jeep Renegade, invested in a snow cone business run by his children, and paid for the house renovations with the money, according to federal investigators.
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She was charged with theft, embezzlement, and wire fraud.
Robinson said he plans to continue serving in the state legislature “with the same integrity, the same passion that I have demonstrated since you elected me to this position.”
