Getty photos Where is Aaron Schock? Above the clouds

Where oh where is Aaron? Political-watchers have been buzzing about the whereabouts of former Congressman Aaron Schock, who hasn’t been spotted publicly in quite a while, even as Illinois Republicans held an election to replace him this week. However, The KGB File has learned that Schock has not gone underground, quite the opposite. He is actually spending time above the clouds this week, hiking to the top of Machu Picchu in Peru.

But Schock can’t seem to escape his troubles, even in the “lost city of the Incas.” During dinner at a restaurant in the Peruvian city of Cusco, once the capital of the Incan Empire, Schock and his father, Richard Schock (who accompanied him on the trip), were overheard discussing the disgraced former congressman’s legal woes and how to navigate the murky waters of what the ethics probe might reveal. Cusco is a popular spot for tourists on their way to the main attraction, Machu Picchu, about 50 miles away.


That Schock remains a globetrotting adventurer should come as no surprise. During his time on Capitol Hill, the photogenic young Congressman indulged his wanderlust, traveling all over the world—some of those trips, and the money used to pay for them, are currently part of the ethics investigation—and posting plenty of pictures on his Instagram account, a visual diary of his action-packed life. A quick peek has him hiking glaciers in Patagonia, posing with monks in Myanmar, whitewater rafting and paragliding in Argentina; stops in England, India, Greece, Brazil and China are also documented. Now, instead of being joined by a posse of friends, colleagues and his very own staff photographer, Jonathon Link, as he frequently was while in Congress, Schock was apparently alone this week with his dad—who, as you might recall, in March, following Schock’s resignation, told reporters “two years from now he’ll be successful, if he’s not in jail.”

Chances are we won’t be seeing any of Schock’s travel pictures this time around. Once a prolific social media post’er, he hasn’t been on Twitter since the spring and his Instagram hasn’t been updated in four months. It’s too bad. We hear the views from the top are fabulous. Attempts to reach Schock for comment were unsuccessful.

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