Aunt Lydia To Face GOP Audit Over “Podiumgate”

The Washington Post reports:

Arkansas Republicans on Thursday approved an audit of their governor’s purchases after a blogger’s open-records requests unleashed a political storm that has resulted in claims about the state altering public documents.

At the center of the controversy: a $19,000 lectern for Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. What started with raised eyebrows over a hefty price tag has given rise to questions about the state’s handling of public information requests.

Now, a Republican legislative panel will audit the lectern purchase, as well as how Sanders’s office handles open-records requests. The audits are expected to begin Friday and to be completed by the end of the year, said state Rep. Jimmy Gazaway (R), the committee’s co-chair.

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