Monday 3 October 2022 07:48 PM Maloney used campaign and taxpayer funds to pay husband's trainer to work as a ... trends now
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney curiously paid his husband's personal trainer as a 'part time employee' through both taxpayer funds and campaign funds.
Erick Ramos was paid $2,608.66 by the New York Democrat and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) chair's office from April-May 2021 and listed as a 'part time employee.'
Between March 2021 and October 2021, Ramos was paid $4,396 from Maloney's campaign funds. At the same time, Maloney's husband Randy Florke posted several videos to Instagram and tagged Ramos and referred to him as Florke and Maloney's 'personal trainer.'
Ramos, in his Instagram bio, described himself as a 'personal trainer' and 'natural athlete.' Maloney's office said that Ramos was paid as a driver.
Maloney is pictured above with his husband and two of his children
His Facebook page says that he has been employed as a chief security officer at John Hardy since 2018.
The office said the congressman's regular driver, who is also listed as a 'part-time employee,' went on paternity leave and Ramos was brought to fill in for him.
In a call set up by the office DailyMail.com confirmed with the congressman's usual driver that he took paternity leave between March and May 2021 and took time off again in September-October 2021.
On May 13, 2021, Florke posted a workout video and tagged Ramos, whose handle is 3rick_ramos1993.
Responding to a comment on his post, Florke responded to a comment saying he was at his home gym and telling the follower they 'should hire my trainer. He's amazing. @3rick_ramos.'
Maloney's husband Randy Florke posts a workout video and tags trainer Erick Ramos
At the same time Ramos is working as the couple's personal trainer he was employed as a driver for the congressional office and campaign
Florke tags Ramos in a July 2021 post
On March 24, 2021 Florke posted a workout video of himself and Maloney, and again tagged Ramos. On June 24, 2021 Florke posted a photo of shirtless photo of himself and captioned it: 'Hiked Mt. Beacon with my trainer @3rick_ramos1993 this morning instead of our normal workout.'
On three other occasions throughout June and July, Florke posted workout content to social media and tagged Ramos.
Maloney's office claimed Ramos was paid taxpayer money 'exclusively' for driving duties and to question the payments was 'blatant
