Martin O’Malley, Larry Hogan Tiff Over Furniture Taken From Guv’s Mansion

FILE - In this June 25, 2015 file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at a news conference to discuss the state's transportation infrastructure in Annapolis, Md. Hogan is on his fifth day of chemotherapy, but he ... FILE - In this June 25, 2015 file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at a news conference to discuss the state's transportation infrastructure in Annapolis, Md. Hogan is on his fifth day of chemotherapy, but he says he's "doing great" and getting things done from the hospital. Hogan said in a Facebook post Wednesday, July 1, that he's starting the last day of his first round of 24-hour therapy. He is expected to leave the hospital Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) MORE LESS

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and his predecessor, Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley, are squabbling over furniture O’Malley allegedly took with him upon his 2015 departure from the governor’s mansion.

Hogan accused O’Malley of being “misleading” in his account of when O’Malley showed the Hogans the mansion before the Hogans moved in.

“He has been misleading, no question about it,” Hogan said at a news conference Tuesday, according to The Baltimore Sun. “At no time did Governor O’Malley or the first lady mention any plan to take 54 pieces of furniture.”

Hogan alleged that O’Malley claimed that he owned the furniture Hogan said belonged to the taxpayers.

In a comment to the Sun, O’Malley’s campaign spokeswoman Haley Morris shot down Hogan’s accusations and that he followed the state’s Department of General Services procedures, as well as the precedent set by his predecessor, former Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R).

“Under the direction of DGS, the O’Malleys — just as the Ehrlichs did before them — purchased these non-historic household materials with their own money, according to guidelines set by DGS,” Morris said.

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  1. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    Let Brooke Shield settle it…

  2. Hogan’s just pissed the boxes of Hustler magazines he saw in the back of the master bedroom closet went missing.

  3. “The kitchen. Where is the kitchen? They took the god damn kitchen!”

  4. Yeah, O’Malley probably took all all the Lazy Boy, man-cave recliners with the built in beer can holders.

  5. Oh, and all the "W"s are missing from all the keyboards.

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