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Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) -- Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is embroiled in a controversy dubbed by critics and the media as #LecternGate or #PodiumGate -- a silly-sounding name for a potentially serious issue involving an unusual payment with tax dollars and an alteration to the receipt of how that money was spent. While there have been many twists and turns, at the heart of the incident is an invoice for a $19,029.25 purchase that was made in June by Sanders...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is embroiled in a controversy dubbed by critics and the media as #LecternGate or #PodiumGate -- a silly-sounding name for a potentially serious issue involving an unusual payment with tax dollars and an alteration to the receipt of how that money was spent. While there have been many twists and turns, at the heart of the incident is an invoice for a $19,029.25 purchase that was made in June by Sanders' office with a state-issued credit card and later rei...

"Someone in Gov. Sarah Sanders‘ office instructed state employees to write 'to be reimbursed' on a months-old invoice for a $19,000 lectern and specifically told them not to date the notation," the Arkansas Times reports."That’s according to a newly unearthed email published on social media

State records indicate the Arkansas governor took herself on a taxpayer-funded vacation to Europe, and attempted to cover it up with a fake podium.