'Porker of the Month': Retired GOP senator buys himself a legacy with other people's money

Since leaving office in January, former Sen. Richard Shelby has been a generous donor to the University of Alabama — with other people’s money. In February, the University of Alabama’s Board of Trustees voted to approve the Shelby Institute for Policy and Leadership, which will be home to the former senator’s papers. READ: Matt Gaetz deflects questions about Jim Jordan as speaker: 'So glad you're a viewer' Last November, Shelby used excess campaign money to make a $4 million donation to Georgetown University, where his wife is an emerita professor. The story said university leaders and the Shelby campaign told the newspaper that Shelby “did not request his name be put on the buildings or made the namings a condition of him securing the money.” But his name happens to be all over buildings and endowments in Alabama higher education.