Republicans are attacking Senator Claire McCaskill for failing to own up to her own rhetoric about openness and accountability.
The state Republican Party is calling on McCaskill to release tax records associated with a controversial airplane at the center of a tax and accounting scandal.
Lloyd Smith is the Director of state GOP. He says the only way to know if further problems exist is to release the full tax records associated with the airplane.
"She’s called for transparency time and time again—yet when its up under her own roof the only time she answer the tough questions is when reporters jerk back the curtain and expose LLC’s in Delaware and LLC’s in Missouri…that’s when she answer the questions," Smith says.
The plane is co-owned and leased through two LLC’s operated by McCaskill’s husband, millionaire businessman Joseph Shepard.
McCaskill has issued a check to St. Louis County for over $290 thousand in back taxes on the plane. She claims it was an oversight.
The state Republican Party is calling on McCaskill to release tax records associated with a controversial airplane at the center of a tax and accounting scandal.
Lloyd Smith is the Director of state GOP. He says the only way to know if further problems exist is to release the full tax records associated with the airplane.
"She’s called for transparency time and time again—yet when its up under her own roof the only time she answer the tough questions is when reporters jerk back the curtain and expose LLC’s in Delaware and LLC’s in Missouri…that’s when she answer the questions," Smith says.
The plane is co-owned and leased through two LLC’s operated by McCaskill’s husband, millionaire businessman Joseph Shepard.
McCaskill has issued a check to St. Louis County for over $290 thousand in back taxes on the plane. She claims it was an oversight.
Adam Allington, St. Louis Public Radio
