Disgraced Rep. Schock expects federal charges over spending

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Former Republican Rep. Aaron Schock expects to be indicted by a federal grand jury for charges relating to the spending scandal that led him to resign last year, his legal team told the AP Thursday.

“This indictment will look bad, but underneath it is just made-up allegations of criminal activity arising from unintentional administrative errors,” said Schock’s attorney George Terwilliger in a statement. “These charges are the culmination of an effort to find something, anything, to take down Aaron Schock.

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