JEFFERSON CITY - After months of dragging her feet and trying to provide political cover for Jay Nixon, Susan Montee gave in to pressure from taxpayers by today exposing Nixon’s lies to Missourians and the media about a low-ball reimbursement stemming from his illegal use of state vehicles and staff for political purposes.

“Jay Nixon lied to Missouri taxpayers about the amount of money that he had stolen from them to help finance his political career. Nixon provided a false number to the public and the media in a desperate attempt to cover up his malfeasance. And despite her best attempt to try and provide political cover for Nixon with her politically-motivated audit released just yesterday, Montee has been forced to bust Jay Nixon,” said Paul Sloca, communications director for the Missouri Republican Party. “Missouri Republicans won’t hold their breath waiting for Nixon to appoint a committee to investigate himself but that is exactly what should happen in this situation.”

A day after Montee issued an audit trying to excuse Nixon’s illegal activity by trying to attack the governor’s lawful use of his security detail, the Democrat reported that Nixon still owes taxpayers at least an additional $8,618.40 for using state vehicles for political purposes.

When he first announced the reimbursement forced upon him by media reports, Nixon and his political cronies lied to Missourians and the media about the accuracy of their original reimbursement, raising once again serious questions about whether Nixon can be trusted to protect taxpayer dollars or to tell the truth at all.

The Montee admission came on a Friday afternoon in order to try and reduce the public impact of her findings, which is identical to the Friday afternoon announcement by Nixon late last year that he was reimbursing the state for his illegal activity – even though the initial $47,021.91 reimbursement was well short of what is owed to taxpayers.