STARTS AT 08:00AM AND WILL RUN UNTIL 04:30PM, OR WHILE SUPPLIES LAST NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN MADISON COUGH OR AN IN TROUBLE AGAIN THIS TIME FOR FAILING TO FILE HIS REQUIRED CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT ON TIME. AND YOU COULD FACE FINES OR AN AUDIT FOR THIS WRAL. CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF LAURA LESLIE REPORTS. IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE’S SPENDING HAS DRAWN SOME ATTENTION. >> THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION SENT A LETTER AUGUST 1ST TO CONGRESSMAN MADISON CAWTHORN CAMPAIGN SAYING IT HAD NOT YET RECEIVED THE FINANCE REPORT REQUIRED IN JULY. >> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU FILED THIS REPORT IMMEDIATELY. THE LETTER SAYS WARNING OF POTENTIAL FINES OR OTHER LEGAL ACTION. HOWEVER, COUGH AND WAS ON A MULTI-STATE TRIP. HIS INSTAGRAM SHOWS JET SKIING, FANCY DRINKS AND EVEN SOME WAR GAMES. ONE HECK OF A BIRTHDAY WEEKEND. HE POSTED BACK TO WORK NOW THE FRESHMAN REPUBLICAN HAS LONG BEEN A LIGHTNING ROD FOR CONTROVERSY FROM CARRYING GUNS INTO AIRPORTS TO CALLING VLADIMIR ZELENSKYY A. ALL THOSE HEADLINES HAVE HELPED MAKE HIM A FUNDRAISING MACHINE. CAWTHORN BROUGHT IN SOME 3.9 MILLION DOLLARS IN DONATIONS THIS CYCLE. HOWEVER, HE IS ALREADY BURNED THROUGH 3.eight MILLION AS OF MAY. HIS CAMPAIGN HAD ONLY $138,000 LEFT IN THE COFFERS. CHRIS COOPER IS A POLITICAL SCIENCE CHAIR AT WESTERN CAROLINA. >> I WOULD DESCRIBE AS EXTREMELY HIGH BURN RATE. THIS IS LIKE GET TO THE MOON KIND OF BURN RATE. YOU JUST DON’T SEE THIS SORT OF THING. AND IN CAMPAIGN POLITICS TODAY. >> WELL, MOST OF THE MONEY DID GO TO CAMPAIGN EXPENSES. COTHREN SPENT 6 FIGURES JUST ON TRAVEL AT THE SEE DATA SHOWS BETWEEN JANUARY 2021. AND APRIL OF THIS YEAR, THE CAMPAIGN PAID FOR MORE THAN $63,000 IN AIR TRAVEL. SOME 44,000 FOR HOTELS AND RESORTS AND MORE THAN 4400 JUST FOR UBER. THERE ARE ALSO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND RESTAURANT TABS CIGARS, EVEN TAXIDERMY. I MEAN, THERE’S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN QUESTION, FOR EXAMPLE, IS PUTTING DOWN THE SPENDING FOOD AT A CIGAR SHOP. SO THERE’S A FEW THINGS THAT MAY PUSH THE ENVELOPE. >> BUT YES, THE VAST MAJORITY, WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS IRRESPONSIBLE SPENDING. THAT IS NOT THE NEEDLES THAT CAWTHORN LOST HIS PRIMARY AND MAY COOPER THINK SUSPENDING IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE’RE DONATING MONEY TO A CAMPAIGN. IF YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION NEEDS REPORTS. YOU CAN SEE HOW YOUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT. AND I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE CONTRIBUTORS WOULD NOT BE PLEASED WITH THE WAY MEDICINE GO BORDER SPENDING. THE MONEY IS USED TO BE. THERE’S THE CAMPAIGN DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR