Tiffany Alston: a Crook is gonna to Crook

Tiffany Alston has a documented history of misusing public resources, misusing campaign Funds

Alston: a Crook is gonna to Crook

WIRE BRIEF — THE ALSTON PATTERN, AGAIN

Summary

The record is not complicated. Tiffany Alston has a documented history of misusing public resources, misusing campaign funds, and blurring the line between public office and private income. New allegations and a misleading campaign mailer suggest the pattern hasn’t changed.

Key Facts

• - Criminal conviction (2012) — Misconduct in office for using state funds to pay an employee at her private law firm.

• - Theft conviction — Used campaign funds for personal expenses, including her wedding.

• - Automatic removal from office — Maryland law required her removal upon sentencing.

• - Law license suspended, then disbarred — Maryland’s highest court found she violated multiple ethics rules.

• - Restitution ordered — Required to repay misused funds.

That’s the public record.

New Mailer Incident

Alston’s latest campaign mailer featured:

• - Gloria Lawlah

• - Joanne C. Benson

• - Michelle Obama

…presented as if they were endorsing her.

Benson’s position

• - Did not approve the use of her image.

• - Did not endorse Alston.

• - Is supporting Kevin Ford Jr..

• - Views the mailer as unauthorized and misleading.

Using images of public figures without permission is not a clerical error. It’s an ethical breach — and a familiar one.

New Allegation: State Employees Used for Private Legal Work

Sources report that Alston recently:

• - Directed state‑paid employees to deliver legal files to her at a courthouse

• - While she was representing a private client

• - In a case unrelated to her legislative duties

- And justified it because the client was a delegate

This is the same category of conduct that triggered her 2012 conviction:

public resources used for private practice.

If verified, it’s not a misunderstanding. It’s a repeat.

Pattern Analysis

Across more than a decade, the through‑line is consistent:

• - Public money used for private purposes

• - Public staff used for private purposes

• - Campaign funds used for personal purposes

• - Unauthorized use of prominent figures’ images

• - Boundary‑breaking as a default operating mode

The behavior changes shape, not direction.

Public‑Interest Question

This is not about ideology or policy.

It’s about whether someone with this record — criminal, ethical, and now newly alleged — can be trusted to handle public authority without repeating the same conduct.

The facts speak for themselves.

The pattern speaks louder.