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kentuck

(111,103 posts)
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 11:00 PM Aug 2014

Mitch McConnell - What did he know and when did he know it??


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WASHINGTON -- The five words a senator least likes to hear are not “you have lost the election.” They are “the federal investigation is ongoing.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky might have a reason to be concerned that the second sentence could lead to him hearing the first.

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Privately, McConnell aides said that Benton had been sidelined for months in a reorganization of the campaign after the GOP primary season, and that former McConnell Chief of Staff Josh Holmes has been effectively in charge since.

But the Grimes campaign, adopting the Watergate mantra, quickly demanded to know “what McConnell knew and when he knew it.” And there are a series of questions that inevitably arise, especially since Benton has been a central hub in the political affairs of both the Pauls and McConnell.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/30/jesse-benton_n_5741278.html
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Mitch McConnell - What did he know and when did he know it?? (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2014 OP
Yes, they knew. oldandhappy Aug 2014 #1

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
1. Yes, they knew.
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 11:22 PM
Aug 2014

No way anyone on the inside has not known about Benton. This is 2014. And Benton was sidelined?? Guess there was an expectation that this was on the way out into the public sphere.

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