The American Spectator

Washington Prowler

p> HUCKABEE DEPENDENCY br> Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee insists to advisers that he will not release the CDs of his gubernatorial records that were pulled from state-owned computer hard drives. /p>

According to former Huckabee aides, some of the documents are records that indicate Huckabee used state-owned facilities (planes and cars) and personnel for personal business dealings, such as speeches and appearances for book sales.

"It was never clear to me that he ever repaid the state for those trips, and there were a lot of trips toward the end of his term," says a former staffer still based in Little Rock.

Huckabee has recently had to admit to charging churches upwards of $25,000 for speeches to subsidize his wife's salary and his government pension while he campaigns for President. He is the only candidate paying himself a salary while running.

Huckabee adviser Ed Rollins is said by some Huckabee aides to now be in possession of a copy of the CDs, though it is unclear if they are the originals given to Huckabee before he left office, or a new set of copies Huckabee allowed to be made.

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