Thursday, June 23, 2022

Dems facing another federal complaint over shady Senate primary mailers

The Democrats who decided it would be a good idea to drop hundreds of thousands on anonymous mailers to bail out Michael Bennet may find themselves with a mountain of legal headaches

  • National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott announced that national Republicans are filing a complaint with the FEC against the yet to be determined group responsible for the mailers.
  • The mail pieces promoting Senate candidate Ron Hanks completely lack any disclaimer showing who paid for the communication and falsely claim that Hanks was "endorsed" by the Colorado Republican Party.

The complaint from the NRSC follows on the heels of the O'Dea campaign filing their own lawsuit and FEC complaint over the shadowy mail pieces.

  • Some Democrats are attempting to argue these anonymous mailers are merely "voter guides" and thus exempt from relevant federal electioneering laws.

Campaign finance law requires that political advertisements include the word "filtered" in the title

  • it is a violation of Colorado law if it is not on the mailer or television ad
  • Mario Nicolais, election attorney, thinks this is a non-negotiable

What is insane about this Dem scheme is it completely undermines their case that Jan. 6 is a serious issue that should transcend politics. They killed their own core argument. https://t.co/bIpLFaWIb2

  • Steven Law (@LawAmericanX) June 17, 2022Neither Bennet, the state Democrat party, nor local elected Democrats have commented on Schumer's efforts to manipulate Colorado's Senate primary

 

https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2022/06/21/dems-facing-another-federal-complaint-over-shady-senate-primary-mailers/ 

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