Trujillo double dips on per diem

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”/Betsy Russell, SR. More here.