Senator Roger Marshall accused of using public funds for campaign

A joint investigation by Kansas Reflector and MS NOW has uncovered evidence suggesting U.S. Senator Roger Marshall and his top aide used congressional staff and government resources for campaign purposes during his 2020 Senate run.

The investigation utilized audio recordings, photos, videos, text messages, and calendar items. These materials indicate that the Senator’s office frequently blurred the line between official business and political campaigning. For example, text messages from chief of staff Brent Robertson showed an instance where an official meeting in Chicago was arranged specifically to allow staff to book flights for a campaign trip using taxpayer funds.

Former staffers reported that the office often functioned as a campaign arm rather than a taxpayer-funded Senate office. While Marshall’s recent FEC records showed no campaign staff had been paid in five years—a situation experts called potentially unprecedented—his chief of staff recently stated that the campaign does now employ paid staff, though no specific details were provided.