Report - Congressional Candidate Rick Vandeven Accepts Gift From Supporter

It has been reported that Missouri 8th Congressional District candidate Rick Vandeven was seen receiving a direct gift from a supporter, a violation of FEC laws, at a Cape Girardeau café this week. The gift in question was apparently a hot cup of coffee.

"I knew it was him from the other side of the street", said a concerned citizen who wishes to remain anonymous. "I saw him through the window, and he was sitting with a Canadian.".

That was enough to raise suspicions, and the patriotic patriarch nonchalantly entered the establishment to keep tabs on the free wheeling libertarian and his foreign friend. What he discovered was even more shocking!

"I figured he was promising this Canadian amnesty or marijuana or both, but I have never seen corruption from a political figure that was this blazon.", claimed the distressed whistleblower. "To take a bribe in the form of a gift in broad daylight is the ultimate sign of arrogance!".

The concerned citizen said that he realized that Vandeven's friend was Canadian because he referred to the candidate as a "hoser" after Vandeven claimed to have "left his wallet in the truck.".

It is unknown at this time whether or not the coffee that Vandeven accepted was a bottomless cup.