Ex-Illinois US Rep. Schock 嘆願d not 有罪の to 基金s misuse
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ― Former Illinois 下院議員 Aaron Schock, who just two years ago was the 未来 直面する of the 共和国の／共和党の Party, pleaded not 有罪の Monday in 連邦の 法廷，裁判所 to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s that he misused 政府 and （選挙などの）運動をする money for personal use.
The 35-year-old 共和国の／共和党の from Peoria pronounced his 嘆願 and gave short answers to questions by U.S. 地区 裁判官 告訴する Myerscough, who 始める，決める a 裁判，公判 date of Feb. 7.
Appearing 静める and dressed in a dark 控訴 with thin （土地などの）細長い一片s, the one-time formidable fundraiser and rising GOP 星／主役にする 直面するs 連邦の 汚職 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s 主張するing he used his position to spend lavishly on travel, World Series and 最高の Bowl tickets and other amenities of an extravagant lifestyle.
Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock leaves the 連邦の courthouse in Springfield, Ill., after entering a not-有罪の 嘆願 in his 連邦の 詐欺 事例／患者 at his （被告の）罪状否認 Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 地区 裁判官 告訴する Myerscough 始める，決める a 予選 裁判，公判 date of Feb. 7, 2017. (Ted Schurter/The 明言する／公表する 定期刊行物-登録（する） 経由で AP)
The tickets were later sold for a 利益（をあげる）, 検察官，検事s 主張する.
検察官，検事s （人命などを）奪う，主張する he also pocketed thousands of 選挙権を持つ／選挙人s' dollars, hosting Washington 小旅行するs and 会合，会う-and-迎える／歓迎するs, 非難する a 料金 and keeping some of the cash.
Schock has said he is innocent, referring to the spending in question as "honest mistakes."
In a 簡潔な／要約する 声明 to reporters after his （被告の）罪状否認, Schock said he looked "今後 to all the facts coming out in this 事例／患者."
"I have 十分な 信用／信任 in my 合法的な team, 十分な 信用／信任 in the good people of this community, and I'm 確信して that in the end 司法（官） will 勝つ／広く一帯に広がる," he said.
The 24-count 連邦の 起訴，告発 was 明かすd last month. It was the culmination of a 19-month 調査 that 含むd two 大陪審s.
Schock is from Peoria and had asked for the 事例／患者 to be moved there, but Myerscough 支配するd that 訴訟／進行s should remain in Springfield.
Schock 辞職するd in March 2015 まっただ中に 強めるing scrutiny over real 広い地所 取引，協定s, 広範囲にわたる travel and other spending. Questions about his spending were 誘発するd in part by word that he redecorated his congressional offi ce in the lavish style of TV's "Downton Abbey."
The 起訴，告発 主張するs Schock spent $40,000 in 政府 基金s to redecorate his Washington office, 含むing $5,000 on a chandelier.
When Schock 危険d 行方不明の a connecting flight for a European vacation, the 起訴，告発 主張するs, he paid a 私的な 航空機 company more than $8,000 out of his （選挙などの）運動をする account to 飛行機で行く him from Peoria to Washington.
The 起訴，告発 含むs nine counts of wire 詐欺, five of falsification of 選挙 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 filings, six of とじ込み／提出するing 誤った 連邦の 所得税 returns, two of making 誤った 声明s, and one each of mail 詐欺 and 窃盗 of 政府 基金s. A 有罪の判決 on just one count of wire 詐欺 carries a 最大限 20-year 刑務所，拘置所 宣告，判決.
