Sometimes the headlines really do write themselves.
Earlier this week, KFOR’s Spencer Humphrey reported that Matt Mohler – the new chief of staff for Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Department of Education – scored an eye-popping $50,000-or-so in pay during his first month on the job, all while his LinkedIn showed he was still working in government relations for a public utility in Florida.
Via KFOR:
The Oklahoma State Department of Education was unable to explain to News 4 why it paid State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ newly-hired chief of staff nearly $50,000 during his first month, despite a Florida company also listing him as an active, full-time employee.
Records show OSDE Chief of Staff Jon “Matt” Mohler received two paychecks with vastly different hourly pay rates during his first month — totaling nearly $48,000.
According to Oklahoma payroll data, the state paid Mohler twice in February.
While KFOR couldn’t explain why the state shelled out $50K for a month of mysterious labor, I’ve got a working theory – he needs the money to support all his wives!
After the KFOR story dropped, I deployed the TLO iTeam 5000 to dig into Ryan’s newest taxpayer-funded grifter. The results were...fruitful.
The first thing I learned is, according to his LinkedIn, Mohler used to work with Walters’ puppet master Matt Langston at Frontline Strategies. In fact, if you Google Mohler’s name, this is the first result: