The Arkansas Republican Party ultimately reimbursed the state for the $19,029.25 payment via a check dated Sept. 14 – only after Campbell called attention to it.
According to the public records Campbell released, the lectern invoice was also altered after the fact by Sanders’ executive assistant, to add the “To Be Reimbursed” notation.
Henning, Sanders spokesperson, has said the use of a state credit card for the lectern was “an accounting error.”
According to its website, “The Department of Transformation and Shared Services manages internal state services such as employee benefits, information technology, building and personnel management, purchasing, geographic information systems and state surplus!”