Imagine a Member of Congress violating rules…

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives
Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide’s two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers’ causes.

Of course every broken rule always has a good excuse:

Had there been more “very worthy applicants in my district,” she added, “then I probably wouldn’t have given it” to the relatives.

Eddie Bernice Johnson represents Dallas, TX. Apparently there are very few college-aged people living in Dallas.