SPRINGFIELD (AP) – A published report says indicted state Rep. Derrick Smith dipped into campaign funds to pay more than $37,000 to his defense team.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports the Chicago Democrat made that expenditure in March, days after his arrest allegedly taking a $7,000 bribe from an undercover FBI informant.

Smith disclosed the legal fees payment in a January filing with the election board. State law doesn't prohibit officials from using campaign dollars to pay for a legal defense, but does ban the use of those funds to purchase vehicles and homes.