Posted on 10/17/2018 8:43:40 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Claire McCaskill's (D-Mo.) campaign is asking her Senate race opponent, Attorney General Josh Hawley (R), to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether a right-wing group violated state laws in secretly recording and publishing a video from inside the senator's campaign headquarters.
KMBC News in Missouri reported that McCaskill intends to pursue legal action after the conservative group Project Veritas secretly recorded staffers talking about how they handle Planned Parenthood donations.
McCaskill's campaign did not comment Wednesday night on the possibility of legal action, but pointed to a statement criticizing Hawley for his inaction after the video was released.
"Josh Hawley’s responsibility as the Attorney General of Missouri is to protect Missourians from fraud. Rather than doing his job and investigating this very serious situation, Hawley has been embracing, celebrating and promoting this clear case of fraudulent activity designed to hurt his political opponent," McCaskill's campaign manager, David Kirby, said in a statement.
Kirby asked Hawley to appoint a special prosecutor to look into whether Project Veritas violated the state's Merchandising Practices Act, which prohibits deceptive business practices.
Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe has denied coordinating with the Hawley campaign on the video, and said in a statement to The Hill that McCaskill's response shows "her lack of integrity and honesty."
"Rather than addressing the serious falsehoods exposed by Project Veritas Action, Senator McCaskill has accused her opponent Josh Hawley of compromising his ethics by engaging with our organization," O'Keefe said. "This is obviously unsubstantiated and patently false."
Project Veritas is known for recording government employees without their knowledge and edit their responses selectively, usually in an effort to expose perceived bias.
In the video of McCaskill's campaign staffers, they appear to discuss donations to the incumbent's campaign from Planned Parenthood being hidden in order to avoid alienating pro-life Democrats in the state.
Kirby has said Planned Parenthood donated $5,000 to McCaskill, and that the contribution was reported.
McCaskill is one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats up for re-election. She is locked in a tight race with Hawley in a state that President Trump won by nearly 20 percentage points.
Nonpartisan political handicapper, The Cook Political Report, has rated the race a "toss-up." A RealClearPolitics average of polling gives Hawley a slight edge of less than one percentage point.
GFY Harpy.
I'd do it! Then, every night, the Special Prosecutor would recite the content of the videos on the news!
When did Project Veritas become “right-wing”?
Oh, BTW. Nice own-goal, McCasket. Your goose is cooked.
Jimmy Carter’s grandnephew, or something.
I say investigate the video but do it the Mueller way, drag it on for 1-2 years. Then, take a page from the rat playbook and sweep it under the rug.
Did she give a deadline? Naming a special prosecutor on Nov 7 sounds good. That will give Josh plenty of time to search for the best person. Adios, Claire.
Dad and mom used to just say “NO!”
“Josh Hawley’s responsibility as the Attorney General of Missouri is to protect Missourians from fraud...”
“In the video of McCaskill’s campaign staffers, they appear to discuss donations to the incumbent’s campaign from Planned Parenthood being hidden in order to avoid alienating pro-life Democrats in the state.”
Let that sink in for a minute.
“violated the state’s Merchandising Practices Act, which prohibits deceptive business practices”
Politics is Business Claire. Your deceptive business practices have been exposed.
I just love these satire articles.
Mccaskill can have her own Mueller dogging her until election day.
Drip, drip, drip of innuendo.
-PJ
Hawley’s over the target.
BOMBS AWAY!!!
The non denial outrage is strong on this one, it is.
LOL. No bias here... /sarc
she lied to voters and doesn’t like it one bit
imagine how the voters feel
We know who recorded Mittenz....Jimuh Kahta’s demon seed grandson
“Right wing group”. Ok.
O’Keefe was on Hannity radio. Sean listed 7-8 potential target Senate races. O’Keefe said, “All but one you mentioned”. Love it.
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