Wednesday, May 16, 2018

DCCC Hit With Ethics Complaint After Secret Recording Released

The secret recording of a conversation between House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer and Levi Tillemann, a Democrat candidate for the 6.th Congressional District in Colorado, was made last December.

Hoyer makes plain to Tillemann in the recording that some higher-ups in the Democratic party preferred Army veteran and corporate lawyer Jason Crow be the party's nominee in the district.

"Candidate reporting requirements exist to prevent corruption and ensure transparency in our elections, which is something the DCCC showed a blatant disregard for in this case," Kendra Arnold, FACT's executive director, said in a statement.

Requests for comment from the DCCC and the Jason Crow campaign were not returned.

Hoyer is candid about Crow being the favored candidate in the audio recording.

"I am for Crow because a judgment was made very early on. I didn't know Crow. I didn't participate in the decision. But a decision was made early on by the Colorado delegation," he said, referencing the three House Democrats elected from Colorado.

"So your position is, a decision was made very early on before voters had a say, and that's fine because the DCCC knows better than the voters of the 6th Congressional District, and we should line up behind that candidate," asked Tillemann during the conversation.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/dccc-hit-ethics-complaint-secret-recording-released/ 

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