Christine O’Donnell Responds to Rehashed Rumors of Misuse of Funds By Liberal Media
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 9:01 PM
Liberal activists in the media restarted the rumors today that Christine O’Donnell was under investigation for misuse of campaign funds. The rumors have been circulating in the press for months.
Of course, they had to use an unflattering photo of conservative Christine O’Donnell for their report.
Friends of Christine O’Donnell released this statement tonight.
Christine O’Donnell’s campaign released the following statement in response to rumors of a legal investigation. The O’Donnell campaign revealed that prior to today Democrat insiders had warned her that the “Establishment” were planning to use phony investigations to end her political career.
Campaign Manager Matt Moran responded to the rumor of a criminal investigation,
“We have heard absolutely nothing other than the same unsubstantiated allegations and rumors that have been circulating in the press for months. If anything does materialize from this rumor, we will continue to fully cooperate as we have made every attempt to ensure we are in compliance with all rules and regulations. The politically motivated charge was all started by false accusations by Christine’s political opponents, and ratcheted up by former Biden staffer Melanie Sloan and CREW with their false claims. Let us be clear: there was no impermissible use of campaign funds. Period. This is just an ongoing effort by the George Soros-funded CREW and other liberal groups and individuals to intimidate and threaten Christine, even after the election.“
Christine O’Donnell commented further:
“Since anonymous sources are being taken seriously, please allow me to share some tips I’ve received and keep the tipsters’ identities anonymous. We’ve been warned by multiple high-ranking Democrat insiders that the Delaware Democrat and Republican political establishment is jointly planning to pull out all the stops to ensure I would never again upset the apple cart. Specifically they told me the plan was to crush me with investigations, lawsuits and false accusations so that my political reputation would become so toxic no one would ever get behind me. I was warned by numerous sources that the DE political establishment is going to use every resource available to them. So given that the King of the Delaware Political Establishment just so happens to be the Vice President of the most liberal Presidential administration in U.S. history, it is no surprise that misuse and abuse of the FBI would not be off the table. And further connecting the dots, do you think it is just a coincidence that Melanie Sloan was a senior Biden staffer just before she joined CREW and filed her complaint against me?!”
O’Donnell referred in part to the fact that CREW’s complaint is based upon two people who have no knowledge about the matters they allege:
(a) Kristin Murray spent 1 1/2 weeks with Christine O’Donnel’s 2008 campaign spread over 3 weeks — most of it distracted by a family or personal concern — and was fired for not showing up to work due to the distraction. Thus, Kristin Murray’s claims are not made from any personal knowledge but Murray is simply repeating rumors started by others.
(b) David Keegan was allowed to organize one or more fund-raising bar-b-cues and events, but was never privy to the finances of either the O’Donnell campaign or O’Donnell personally. Keegan also has no knowledge of the issues he raises concerning O’Donnell.
O’Donnell added: “I have faith that our supporters and the general public will see right through these thug tactics. This is simply an Establishment trick to stop the anti-establishment Tea Party movement in its tracks. Heck, the Presidency is at stake in 2012.”
Boiled down to essential facts, the Associated Press report indicates only that a single person was interviewed in the routine handling of the September 21, 2010 complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
This routine questioning to review and clear a complaint is being mischaracterized as something new or different. In reality “nothing happened” today except that it was a slow news day at the Associated Press.
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gus commented:
Looks like a WITCH hunt.
Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe.
befuddled commented:
interesting. seems like COD is getting the palin/joe the plumber dirt digging/smear treatment. i wonder how this will pan out, interesting story to follow…
czekmark commented:
Character assissination is a major playing card for the establishment politicians.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Yep. A conservative “under investigation for” equals “absolutely guilty of” in the Lib mind. Allegations are all that matters. No proof needed. Just that statement.
bigL commented:
where is the GOP??? they need to threaten hearing on donk Senators, partic ones with shaky land deals.
Spider commented:
Why are they continuing to attack her?
They got the marxist they wanted; leave her alone.
gus commented:
Spider??? They are LIBS. She MUST BE DESTROYED Because LIBS are NICE.
1.
GLM In Ohio commented:
Sure looks familiar … the same tactics they used against Sarah Palin. Character assassination, frivolous legal attacks, “investigations” ….
I’m getting pretty well fed up with these people. And it’s only going to get worse the closer we get to 2012.
BigAlSouth commented:
. . . former Biden staffer Melanie Sloan and CREW:
http://www.citizensforethics.org/
Mattens commented:
Why defend this dumb, greedy bitch? She is a nothing who cost the party a seat! For all I know she is in the pay of the democraps.
PaleRyder commented:
After the way that upchuck wrangel and maxine got away with their campaign cash and influence crimes,I could care less what she did here with any campaign cash. I hope she spent it on rent and food and maybe a stripper or two and tells the democrat media to pound it up their *ss and rotate on it. The media is just so over the top hateful and out of control it is pathetic. They are the head of the snake my friends,not the politicians. The politicians are the puppets being yanked.
Fuzzy commented:
She’s done, anyway, time to move on.
Henry Hawkins commented:
Don’t be so sure the more rino-ish mainstream Republicans aren’t happy to see a tea party candidate get taken down even further. Karl Rove, et al, were very clear in expressing their anger over their belief this candidate cost the Repubs a chance to take the Senate as well when she upset Mike Castle in the primary only to tank it in the general.
burt commented:
Communists are communists.
Decmac1 commented:
If she used campaign money for personal use, then she is GUILTY OF A CRIME. If she did not, then she is innocent. Guess how we find out? AN INVESTIGATION. It’s not a smear campaign- she already lost- by a huge margin. She’s not a threat to ANYONE. Seriously, who would anyone waste resources on drumming up false charges on someone who DOES NOT MATTER? Get a grip, folks.
Chisum commented:
CREW Behind Christine O’Donnell Investigation
Via TPM, it seems Melanie Sloan and CREW are behind this so called O’Donnell investigation. Sloan once worked for John Conyers, how’s that grab you for an alleged ethics watchdog? Hopefully the people who love to bash O’Donnell realize what CREW actually is. I’ve posted on them in 2006: Why Is CREW Lying? and also when they went after Curt Weldon in PA for Sestak. There’s probably more in the archives.
Law enforcement officials said the allegations by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) are without merit, and they stood by allegations that the group had refused to provide some information to the FBI.
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2010/12/crew-behind-christine-odonnell-investigation.html
kmacginn commented:
I doubt such an unflattering picture would ever be published of any Democratic leaders or their favorites (e.g. Michelle Obama).
Henry Hawkins commented:
Decmac- She most certainly is a threat to others. She did very well in her primary and fairly well in the general given it’s a heavily Democrat state. She came away after the election with a LOT of campaign money left in the bank and big-time name recognition given all the media attention she got, for better or worse. She can run for office again very soon, depending on which office she might choose to go after.
Nobody is against warranted investigations. The question is who presents the accusations that prompt an investigation. CREW and Sloan are die-hard liberal Democrat operatives, and they are the sole source of ‘information’ for the accusations. That in itself might warrant investigation.
antilbr commented:
Is Charlie Rangal leading the charge ?? A slap on the wrist for old Charlie , but Christine will probaly have to do time in the hoosgow……OH thats right shes a white conservative she’ll probaly get life…/sarc/…….
usamopatriot commented:
#10
Crawl back under your rock, moron.
She did it! commented:
She already admitted that she spent campaign money to pay her rent. It’s on her FEC filings in her own hand writing. It is a matter of public record.