Kyrsten Sinema's Former Campaign Committee Spent $9,000 on Man Accused of Having Affair with Her
A recent filing by former Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema reveals that her former campaign committee paid nearly $9,000 to Matthew J Ammel, a security guard who worked for Sinema and was accused of having an affair with her.
According to the filings, which were submitted just weeks after Ammel's estranged wife claimed that Sinema had wrecked their marriage, Ammel received a total of over $128,000 from Sinema's campaign committee between July 2024 and October 2025. The payments, listed as "payroll," were made to Ammel in two separate transactions: one for $1,815.91 on October 15 and another for $7,136.14 on October 31.
The filings also show that Sinema's campaign committee spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on expenses unrelated to her campaign activities, including "health services" for members of her security detail, airline tickets, meals, lodging, and concert and event tickets. The spending occurred after Sinema left office in January 2025 and followed other unusual late-term expenses.
In a lawsuit filed by Ammel's wife, Heather Ammel, the couple claimed that Sinema had damaged their marriage by purchasing gifts for Matthew Ammel and encouraging his drug use, including to support psychedelic treatments she allegedly financed. The lawsuit also alleges that Sinema knew Matthew Ammel was married when she hired him as her security guard.
Sinema left Congress after the 2024 election, citing a desire to become an independent. She now works for the Washington-based legal and lobbying firm Hogan Lovells, where she has lobbied for datacenter development and research funding for the psychedelic drug ibogaine.
A recent filing by former Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema reveals that her former campaign committee paid nearly $9,000 to Matthew J Ammel, a security guard who worked for Sinema and was accused of having an affair with her.
According to the filings, which were submitted just weeks after Ammel's estranged wife claimed that Sinema had wrecked their marriage, Ammel received a total of over $128,000 from Sinema's campaign committee between July 2024 and October 2025. The payments, listed as "payroll," were made to Ammel in two separate transactions: one for $1,815.91 on October 15 and another for $7,136.14 on October 31.
The filings also show that Sinema's campaign committee spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on expenses unrelated to her campaign activities, including "health services" for members of her security detail, airline tickets, meals, lodging, and concert and event tickets. The spending occurred after Sinema left office in January 2025 and followed other unusual late-term expenses.
In a lawsuit filed by Ammel's wife, Heather Ammel, the couple claimed that Sinema had damaged their marriage by purchasing gifts for Matthew Ammel and encouraging his drug use, including to support psychedelic treatments she allegedly financed. The lawsuit also alleges that Sinema knew Matthew Ammel was married when she hired him as her security guard.
Sinema left Congress after the 2024 election, citing a desire to become an independent. She now works for the Washington-based legal and lobbying firm Hogan Lovells, where she has lobbied for datacenter development and research funding for the psychedelic drug ibogaine.
This whole situation with Kyrsten Sinema is just wild. I mean, $128k to her security guard? That's a lot of cash, especially when there are people struggling financially. And what's with all these "health services" for her team? Sounds like a fancy way of saying she was trying to keep them happy and distracted from the fact that she's making more money lobbying for companies that make psychedelic drugs. 
Like, is this really necessary? Can't she just focus on doing some good in the world instead of raking it in? 
meanwhile they're also throwing money at his wife's lawsuit and expensing like "health services" for their security team 
it's all very sus tbh.
Did she not have any other people to hang out with?! 
And what's up with all the payments after she left office? It's like she's trying to make amends or something... 
ps what's ibogaine btw? sounds like some kinda new med 
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I'm so sorry to hear that Kyrsten Sinema's personal life was made public in such a way. $9,000 might seem like a lot of money, but it's just a number when you're dealing with someone's relationships and well-being. It's hard not to feel like Matthew J Ammel was taken advantage of by being paid out of the campaign committee after his wife accused Sinema of wrecking their marriage. 
This is crazy! Like, I don't get why Sinema's campaign committee paid her security guard nearly $9k after she got an affair accused on him... that's just weird. And to think he was still getting paid as a security guard at the time, that's like, so much cash for one guy. I mean, I guess you could say he had some good timing working for Sinema when her marriage was falling apart