Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock , facing new pressure over lavish travel and redecorating expenses he charged to his official congressional budget , now says he 's not sure if he broke any federal laws in the process . ' I ceratinly nope not , ' he told an inside-the-beltway newspaper on Wednesday . ' I ’ m not an attorney . ' The interview with Politico turnedconfrontational when a testy Schock insisted outside advisers would review his office accounts and determine what went wrong . 'That ’ s what we can all do , is our best effort , ' Schock said . TROUBLE BREWING : Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock is under fire for lavish office spending and potential accepting improper gifts , and now says ' I certainly hope ' what he did was legal . DOWNTON OFFICE : Schock spent $ 40,000 in taxpayer funds redecorating his Capitol Hill office , but had to pay the money back . The litany of Schock 's troubles seems to grow every week . First came the $ 40,000 in office expenses – later reimbursed after much public embarrassment – that Schock spent redecorating his office in over-the-top 'Downton Abbey ' style . GEN Y : The buff , globe-trotting politician stated that he travels frequently throughout his district 'to stay connected with my constituents ' and also travels to raise money for his campaign committee . 'Haters are gon na hate , ' the 33-year-old Schock told ABC News as the scandals swirled , invoking Taylor Swift lyrics . Then news emerged that he had billed taxpayers for $ 10,000 in private jet travel including a November 2014 jaunt with staffers to see a Chicago Bears NFL game . The Associated Press identified another $ 40,000 worth of free air travel that Schock logged on aircraft belonging to his donors . Most recently he spent another $ 10,000 taking 10 staff members on a New York City trip when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in town . The congressional aides reportedly did hardly any official work , but they did attend a Global Citizen Festival concert featuring Jay-Z and Carrie Underwood . A political action committee associated with Schock , the GOP Generation Y Fund , spent $ 3,000 for the tickets . The same campaign fund paid a $ 1,440 invoice from a massage parlor it engaged for a fundraising event . Separately , Schock took his interns to a sold-out Katy Perry concert in Washington last June . He has also been accused of improperly accepting gifts without reporting them , another potential legal violation . Records show that those perks included dinners and presents during a 2011 London trip . He also hosted a 2014 fundraiser on a golf course without paying to use the facility . ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL ? Schock and his entourage flew in an Eclipse 500 aircraft like this one to attend a November 2014 NFL game . The 33-year-old congressman later reimbursed the government $ 1,200 for the football trip . BEST BOSS EVER : Schock took his interns to a sold-out Katy Perry concert in Washington last June ( pictured ) Politico reported on Wednesday that Schock has hired two attorneys from the white-shoe law firm Jones Day – and a professional crisis communications firm – to help him wade through the legal and PR quicksand that now threatens to end his brief political career . He said he expects that he 'll have to file changes to his spending reports . One of those will likely be a $ 3,245 expense for 'software ' that turned out actually to be for the use of a plane by a software-company-owning donor . 'Well , I would say I take my compliance obligations seriously , Schock told Politico . 'So , to your point , you know , obviously there ’ s things that we ’ re going through and if there need to be amendments to my reports , there will be . ' But has he taken gifts without filing the required paperwork to document them ? ' I have not , uh – I would just leave it at that , ' he said . He told reporters this week in a hastily called press conference that he has reached a 'point of reflection ' about the scandals and vowed to change his ways , while acknowledging that at times that he may come across to his constituents as 'out of touch . ' ' I have tried to balance being a young congressman and doing things differently ... with maintaining a level of seriousness on the issues of the day , ' Schock said . ' I know some days I have failed at this . '
Interview with inside-the-beltway newspaper puts more pressure on Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock . The pol has hired an outside firm to review his office books . He billed taxpayers for $ 40,000 in private jet travel including a side-trip to an NFL game in 2014 . Famously had to pay back $ 10,000 to his official account after he spent the money redecorating his Capitol Hill office in lavish 'Downton Abbey ' style . Now defends his $ 40,000 expense taking staffers with him to New York City , where they say Jay-Z and Carrie Underwood in a charity concert .