VA-GOV: Earle-Sears is facing potential legal scrutiny after failing to disclose trips paid for by outside organizations
Republican gubernatorial nominee Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is facing potential legal scrutiny after failing to disclose multiple trips paid for by outside organizations on her required financial disclosure forms.
Earle-Sears amended her Statement of Economic Interests (SOEI) last week to reflect participation in seven trips funded by third-party groups, despite originally certifying in February that she had taken none.
The Earle-Sears campaign did not respond to a request for comment from Virginia Scope.
Democratic activist Josh Stanfield first reported the discrepancy on May 16, highlighting a 2024 trip to Israel that Earle-Sears promoted on social media but did not list in her original filing.
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