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First on Fox: Former Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, a former Ohio Democratic, who has long promoted financial responsibility and supported tax hikes on households and small businesses, failed to pay a $50,000 tax bill on time, while spending nearly $500,000 on consultants and luxury goods, including accommodation at a hotel in the Los Angeles hotel and catering services in New York City.

In March 2025, he was removed from the Senate by a pro-Mecca candidate. Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio)Last November, Brown transformed his “Friends of Sherrod Brown” campaign fundraising account into a political action committee called the Dignity of the PAC. The move follows a spokesman for the Columbus Regional Democratic Party told local Ohio media that Brown did not rule out re-election despite fiscal changes.

Meanwhile, in the first half of 2025 Federal Election Commission (FEC) Documents Showing Brown’s dignity PAC spent a huge amount of money on Sunset Boulevard in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles, including one of the cheapest rooms that cost about $600 a night. PAC spending also includes food and beverage services across the country, such as the Ohio Whiskey Distillery, nearly $6,000. PAC also spent thousands of dollars on dining in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

Meanwhile, the Dignity of PACs cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, which could be used for re-election.

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According to a PAC representative, the $50,000 tax bills generated during this period, including the payment of taxes owed by the District of Columbia and the federal government, were late, but eventually paid in full after the end of the July-mid-year reporting period. The delegate said that the debt to be paid now will be reflected in its year-end application to the FEC.

“Sherrod Brown has spent decades advocating the wealthy to pay more taxes but failing to pay the organization’s taxes on time Luxury Hotel Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of conservative nonprofit Americans for public trust, said, “This is the type of hypocrisy that everyday Americans get tired of. The average taxpayer faces serious consequences for missed taxes, but limousine liberals like Sherrod Brown expect skating.”

The former Ohio senator’s recent crime isn’t the first time he delays tax payments.

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In 2023, NBC News Report Brown paid late for his Cleveland home’s property tax at least seven times. Brown also reportedly occupied tax credits for owners of multiple properties based on public records.

Brown’s Republican rival Josh Mandel, who ran for reelection in 2012, called the then-senator “no property taxes” and called the then-senator a “continuous crime” because he “failed to pay three separate taxes separately.” Subsequently, the fact-check of free tendency investigated the claim politics and is determined to be “real”.

Sherrod Brown’s Political Action Committee failed to pay more than $50,000 in the District of Columbia and federal taxes. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

“Ironically Increase tax revenue Chris Gustafson, the communications director for the main campaign fundraising department of the Senate Republican Party, has been refusing to pay his own taxes in Ohio families, the Senate Leadership Fund told Fox News digital numbers.

Election finance expert Fox News Digital talked to him that while Brown’s delayed payment may seem bad, it doesn’t necessarily appear to be any violation of campaign financing.

“I don’t necessarily see violations of campaign finance rules, although it is undoubtedly evidence of poor financial management and extravagant spending, and if I were a donor, it would upset me.”

However, one expert did suggest that if the use of revenue or assets of 527 organizations is for the personal benefit of the individual, it could be a legal issue.

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“They’re not only about luxury, it’s a super lifestyle for someone,” said James Bopp Jr. Campaign Finance Indiana has sued FEC’s attorneys several times. “Even if the event might be something he could attend and get reasonable reimbursement for the expenses he went there, it’s not about subsidizing a luxury lifestyle. It’s personal damage. So there are legal issues regarding the rationality of the expense.”

Senator Sherrod Brown spoke to a reporter from the Senate Metro on March 14, 2023, on the way to the U.S. Capitol. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Brown previously voted against major tax regulations in Congress and favored the Clinton-era budget, including tax increases, but was reported this week as Plan a run to restore your position After the U.S. Senate lost to Moreno, about four percentage points.

As a senator, Brown also criticized Republicans for their financial mismanagement and corruption.

“This is an essentially corrupt Republican,” Brown reportedly said in 2020.

Brown’s Republican opponent may be Senator Jon Hughesder (R-Ohio) He went to the White House after he was appointed as Vice President of JD Vance. A special election in 2026 will determine who will last until 2029 for the rest of Vance’s term.