Chuck Schumer admits spending $8k on cheesecake in under 10 years 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has admitted spending more than $8,600 on cheesecakes in less than ten years saying they are his ‘guilty pleasure’.

Schumer bought all the cakes from the renowned Junior’s Cheesecake restaurant in New York where he sometimes spent more than $500 a time, according to Federal Election Commission filings between 2009 and 2016.

The Democrat gave out free cheesecakes on a tray at a press conference Sunday as he revealed that he frequently used cheesecakes to reward supporters, to give as gifts and even as currency in bets.

Chuck Schumer admitted spending thousands of dollars at Junior’s Cheesecake restaurant in New York where cheesecakes cost £43 each

The New York Post first reported on Schumer’s cheesecake obsession after analyzing filings of the New York senator’s PAC, Friends of Schumer,.

They showed the Brooklyn restaurant was paid for ‘supporter acknowledgments’ in amounts ranging from $46 to $516.45. In total, $8,638.85 was spent at the restaurant during the seven-year period.

Schumer proudly acknowledged the spending, saying: ‘I give them as gifts. I use them for bets, you know when someone wants to bet something, you know for a Brooklyn thing versus a Wisconsin thing.’

Schumer was referring to a bet he had with Sen. Herb Kohl on a 2008 NFC championship game between the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers. The Giants won 23-20 and Schumer won a block of Wisconsin cheddar.

Holding up a copy of the New York Post story, Schumer said he had been a fan of the cheesecake restaurant since he was a boy and added: ‘So I say to the New York Post and others, guilty as charged. 

‘I love Junior’s cheesecake. It’s the best cheesecake in the world. It’s my guilty pleasure.’

Schumer held up a copy of a news report on his cheesecake spending and declared: ‘Guilty as charged’ as he admitted spending more than $8,000 on cakes from Junior’s in under ten years

The senator gave out free cheesecakes to journalists at a news conference Sunday 

Angelo Roefaro, Schumer’s press secretary, told CNN that the senator ‘likes any flavor, but plain allows one to really savor that Junior’s recipe.’ 

Schumer’s office told CNN that the money used to pay for the cheesecakes did not come from taxpayers.

Roefaro added to The Post: ‘No matter how ya slice it, Chuck is proud of his years of support for the Downtown Brooklyn institution that is Junior’s Cheesecake.’

The restaurant, which has proclaimed itself ‘The World’s Most Fabulous Cheesecake,’ was founded in 1950.

When asked about Schumer’s spending at his family’s restaurant, owner Alan Rosen said: ‘Totally news to me. But I am appreciative.’ 

Schumer proudly acknowledged the spending, saying: ‘I give them as gifts. I use them for bets’