Funds, paid to former security guard Matthew Ammel, were from former US senator’s campaign committee in October

A man identified in court filings as having an affair with former senator Kyrsten Sinema received almost $9,000 from Sinema’s former campaign committee in October, according to newly filed documents. The filings come just weeks after the man’s estranged wife accused Sinema of wrecking their marriage.

According to a report from Notus, which cites a newly filed Federal Election Commission (FEC) document, the recipient was Matthew J Ammel, who worked as a security guard for Sinema. He was paid $1,815.91 on 15 October and $7,136.14 on 31 October in payments listed as “payroll”, according to a filing submitted on Saturday by Sinema for Arizona.

FEC records show that between July 2024 and October 2025, Ammel received a total of more than $128,000 from Sinema for Arizona and a separate political action committee tied to the former senator.

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    4 days ago

    Nine…thousand…dollars???

    To make a MASSIVE scandal go away?

    Damn, dude. I bet TMZ would give you $50k just to cough into a mic or look into a camera regarding this.

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      3 days ago

      I’m always shocked at how cheap people go for in Washington. I was looking at a list of lobbying and how much a company paid politicians for their vote and it’s like $2k,$5k,$3k like Damn that’s all it takes to sell out?