WICHITA, Kan. — Former Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell could be on the hook for potentially thousands of dollars in civil fines if an ethics panel this week finds he violated state campaign finance law.
A complaint shows O’Donnell faces nine counts of campaign finance violations for allegedly funneling money from his campaign account to his personal checking account and to four friends he fraudulently reported as campaign workers. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission has scheduled a hearing Wednesday in Topeka.
O’Donnell could not be reached for comment Monday.
