The Oklahoma Democratic Party brought three ethics complaints against governor Mary Fallin on Thursday.
Democrats say Fallin misused the office and her authority. The ethics complaint alleges the governor used a mixture of undisclosed private and public funds on a trip to Paris with her spouse, and that she misused power when she allegedly intervened in a Boards of Medical Examiners disciplinary adjudication of a Tulsa doctor at the urging of former Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman Mark Hammons alleges Fallin also misused public funds when her daughter placed a mobile home on the governor’s mansion property.
“This is the use of taxpayer property. The mansion doesn’t belong to Gov. Fallin. It belongs to the people of this state.”
In a written statement, the governor’s spokesperson called the complaints baseless, and not serious allegations of any wrongdoing.