Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia earned more outside income than Senate rules allow but is claiming everything is above board, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
The report Tuesday said Warnock’s most recent financial disclosure form shows that he reported earning $155,000 from Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
The Free Beacon noted that this is well above the limit of about $30,000.
Warnock says the payment was deferred compensation for work with the church before he was sworn into the Senate in January 2021, according to the report.
The Free Beacon’s Andrew Kerr used the phrase “entirely fabricated” to describe the claim, saying that anything from the time the senator said he was owed money should have been reported in his 2021 financial disclosure form.