Okay, campers, we have a plug-in-the-bad-guy game for today’s campfire treat.

With his legal troubles still looming over him, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’s campaign paid $25,000 last month to a law firm that represented convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Mexican drug lord El Chapo and former mobsters, according to his most recent campaign finance report.

Okay, here’s the deal.  I am not certain that’s a legacy of legal accomplishments that I would want to depend upon for my life and freedom.

I mean, damn, Jeffrey Epstein had so little faith in his lawyer getting him off, that he offed himself, or at the very least, his lawyer was really awful at protecting his client. And El Chapo got sentenced to life in prison.  I’d be all for Gaetz finding the same results, which would be only fitting a serial child predator, especially if they locked him in the same cell as El Chapo.

I’m thinking Gaetz just wanted a lawyer with experience.

But, here’s the catch.

Brett Kappel, a nationally recognized campaign finance expert, said if a criminal case involves bribery or campaign finance violations, then it would be okay to use a campaign account to pay those legal fees.

“They may not, however, use campaign funds to pay legal fees for investigations into personal activities unrelated to their campaigns or duties as a member of Congress,” Kappel said.

So, it seems to me that Gaetz is kinda loudly announcing that we can expect bribery or misuse of campaign funds added to his legal troubles.  It also seems to me that we shouldn’t be surprised.