In June 2011, the report said, Andrews and his wife, Camille, hosted a high school graduation party for one of their daughters that the party invitations also described as a celebration of Andrews’s 20 years in Congress. The couple used a mix of personal and PAC money to pay for the event. The report said more than 300 people attended the party — and that just 14 were personal friends of Andrews’s daughter.
Camille Andrews told investigators that their daughter received gifts from party guests but that “every single check that was given to her at the party, we shredded.” She did not say why the checks were shredded, according to the report.
In November 2011, Andrews and his daughters took multiple trips to Los Angeles that were paid for with PAC money. Andrews told investigators that he visited Los Angeles for PAC planning meetings and that his daughters performed basic campaign volunteer duties while on the trip. But he later refused to provide investigators with meeting notes or itineraries. While in Los Angeles, Andrews said, one of his daughters also attended recording sessions for her fledgling music career.