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 Hawleys 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.
You mean the fraud about hiding the source of campaign contributions?
Why, Yes Maam! Ill get right on that!
Sure. Invetigate. Investigate this just like the FBI, Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok investigated Hillary. First, write up the document clearing James O’Keefe before you interview him. Don’t swear in O’Keefe. Don’t record the interview. Give all witnesses immunity from prosecution. Then leak to the press that they did nothing wrong.
How about a Special Packer to help you pack up your shit and get out of your Senate office right after you are defeated in a couple of weeks?
“Josh Hawleys 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.
It would appear that the fraud here, is McKaskill lying to the people of Missouri about how she feels about guns.
Oh, good idea!!!!
One of Ted Kennedy’s sons got into a Romney staff meeting when Romney was running for President, and released it to the press. The press found this to be unique. Rom. said that many of the voters making under 40,000 would not vote for him. They took that and twisted it (r doesn’t like people who make less than 40,000). Gave R a substantial drop in the polls.
Sure Claire, right after you demand a special counsel look into Hillary’s claim that a video caused the death of four Americans in Benghazi.
And she wants the video investigated. Sounds like this laundered money is a great starting point.
Lol....
Its called, Journalism.
Easily searchable. Missouri law allows “one party” recording. As long as one party is aware of it it is legal.
I can’t wait for November.
You get caught with campaign staff telling what a liar you are....
New rules. We win. You lose
“It’s against the law to out us for who we really are!!”
She is dead meat in this election and will get even crazier in the next three weeks.
“I Love the smell of napalm in the Morning, Surf this beach.”
Weak. Its not a “business practice”. Nor was it fraud. They did not induce anyone to part with any cash.
Missouri is a single party consent state. Meaning, it only takes one party to consent to something being recorded. ie there was nothing illegal about project veritas recording that McCaskill and her campaign is lying to the voters.
Weak deflection attempt from your failing campaign McCaskill.
We need to make sure that Hawley defeats McCaskill in MO to keep the Republican majority in the Senate. That means conservatives need to be publicly appealing to voters at the grassroots level with decals, bumper stickers, yard signs, etc. No courage, no election wins.
We need to win 21 out of 31 of these elections to keep the House. Efforts need to be focused on the following districts.
CA-10
CA-25
CA-39
CA-45
CA-48
FL-26
FL-27
IA-3
IL-6
IL-12
KS-2
KY-6
ME-2
MI-8
MN-1
MN-8
NC-9
NC-13
NJ-3
NJ-7
NM-2
NY-19
NY-22
OH-1
PA-1
TX-7
TX-32
VA-2
VA-7
WA-8
WV-3
Oh, wait, you got busted and now want to abuse your power in retaliation? lmao, libtard progressive hack...
There is nothing to look into, Claire. You have been exposed as a liar by journalists. Totally legal.
Don't hold your breath, Claire.
ALL DEMOCRATS ARE VILE, EVIL, VICIOUS, LYING DESTROYERS OF GOOD PEOPLE!!! SHUN THEM!!
Project Veritas is doing FABULOUS WORK!! SUPPORT THEM!
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