Yesterday afternoon, The Oklahoma House Special Investigative Committee began its public probe into the Swadley's Foggy Bottom Swindle.
One person who spoke at the meeting was L.O.F.T. director Mike "Man In The Mirror" Jackson. He answered a litany of questions from lawmakers that revealed all the tender juicy chunks of possibly incriminating evidence his office has gathered during its investigation.
One person who was not at the meeting was Stitt's C.O.O. Steven Harpe. Although he was subpoenaed to appear before the committee and answer questions about how this swindle went down, he took a trip to the Virgin Islands instead...
Stegall references this social media post saying that Steven Harpe seems to be in St Thomas per social media.
— Reese Gorman (@reesejgorman) May 12, 2022
Rep. Stegall calls it “egregious” that Harpe isn’t here and decided to take a vacation during the “budget process” the legislator is working through pic.twitter.com/0ACNeJUkeH
Question – Do you think Stitt would let the C.O.O. of Gateway Mortgage go on his second or third honeymoon if they got screwed out of $16-million by a restaurant chain called Foggy Bottom Kitchen? Probably not!
Naturally, Harpe's absence irked lawmakers. I can see why. He makes $224,192 as our state C.O.O., so you'd think getting to the bottom of how the state blew $16-million on a restaurant chain called Foggy Bottom kitchen would be a priority, and come before a leisurely trip to the Caribbean.