"During Sasse’s brief, 17-month period as president, he “more than tripled his office’s spending,” a surge “driven by lucrative contracts to big-name consulting firms and high-salaried, remote positions for Sasse’s former U.S. Senate staff and Republican officials,” The Independent Florida Alligator reported."
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2024/08/13/ben-sasse-funnels-public-money-his-private-friends