The Idaho Falls Post Register reports today that Rep. Janet Trujillo, R-Idaho Falls, who married House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, in December, claimed thousands of dollars worth of per-diem for maintaining a second residence in the Boise area during the legislative session and refused to say where she was living or whether she was paying rent, though her new husband lives just 16 miles from the Capitol.

Post Register reporter Bryan Clark reported that public records show Trujillo collected $6,400 in payments to cover the cost of maintaining a second residence during the session. He also reported that on March 18, a Saturday near the end of the session, Trujillo posted a picture on Facebook apparently taken near Moyle’s ranch facing the sunrise over the Boise foothills, with this message: “Feeling fantastic with Mike Moyle. Good morning from my little piece of heaven.”

Lawmakers who live far from the Statehouse get higher per diem payments during the legislative session, $129 a day vs. $49, to cover the cost of maintaining a second residence. In 2011, two state senators from Canyon County, then-Sens. John McGee and Curt McKenzie, drew flak for collecting the higher payments while McGee was staying with his parents in Boise and McKenzie was sleeping in his Boise law office. Both defended the payments as proper.

The Post Register reported today that at the time, Moyle told the Associated Press, “I don’t think it smells good; I don’t think it looks good; and if it were one of my members, I would highly advise against it.” You can read Clark’s full report here.