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TexasTowelie

(112,242 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:09 AM Oct 2018

Congressman's office says staffers accused of participating in forgery scandal are no longer with

Congressman’s office says staffers accused of participating in forgery scandal are no longer with the campaign

A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor, a Virginia Beach Republican, says the campaign staffers who were accused of forging signatures to get a third-party candidate on the ballot are gone.

“None of the people accused of any wrongdoing is working with the campaign,” Taylor’s spokesman, Scott Weldon told The Mercury.

Talking Points Memo reported last week that recent campaign finance reports show four of the 2nd District congressman’s staffers who were named in civil court proceedings got paid as recently as mid-September. The recent reports only require disclosures up to Sept. 30.

But while Weldon said Taylor’s campaign has cleaned house, he would not provide any other details or confirm staffers by name, citing an ongoing criminal investigation into the forged signatures.

Read more: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2018/10/22/congressmans-office-says-staffers-accused-of-participating-in-forgery-scandal-are-no-long-with-the-campaign/
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Congressman's office says staffers accused of participating in forgery scandal are no longer with (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2018 OP
Of course not. Amazing how quick they 'left'...thugs who were probably hired to do ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #1
See the article below. TexasTowelie Oct 2018 #3
Here is another report: TexasTowelie Oct 2018 #2
Elaine sounds like my kind of rep. Claire McCatskill is currently facing a challenger who's ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #4
You're welcome TexasTowelie Oct 2018 #5
You got that right. Take care. NT SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #6

SWBTATTReg

(22,133 posts)
1. Of course not. Amazing how quick they 'left'...thugs who were probably hired to do ...
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:46 AM
Oct 2018

things such as this, who then disappear. Wonder where else they have worked (and in what campaigns) and any sign ups they have worked on before in their careers should be examined for voter fraud, which if true that they've participated in voter fraud, they should have the book thrown at them as the republicans are so fond of claiming in every election cycle.

TexasTowelie

(112,242 posts)
3. See the article below.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:49 AM
Oct 2018

It's from a Democratic source rather than one that is more neutral.

Of course, the Republican does not want to take responsibility and wants to sue the Democrats.

TexasTowelie

(112,242 posts)
2. Here is another report:
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:46 AM
Oct 2018
Video: Confronted with His #Petitiongate Fraud Scandal, Scott Taylor Threatens to Sue DCCC, Blames His Staff; Elaine Luria NAILS Him

Earlier today, Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA02) and Democratic nominee Elaine Luria debated at a forum sponsored by the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. For the most part, not a lot jumped out at me, certainly nothing unexpected, with the possible exception of the following exchange on Taylor’s “Petitiongate” fraud scandal. Check out the video clip, below, as Taylor whines about being called out for what a judge called “‘out-and-out fraud’ in signatures Taylor’s campaign staff gathered to help get an independent spoiler candidate on the ballot.” Instead of taking responsibility, Taylor claimed “you can only be attacked so much before you got to hit back,” when of course it’s not an “attack” to state the TRUTH, in this case about his own campaign’s “Petitiongate” scandal. Taylor then threatened, absurdly, that he would sue following the campaign for what he claims are “defamatory” ads, that they “have rose” (yeah, English isn’t Taylor’s strong suit – try “have risen,” dude) “above the level of being knowingly false with malicious intent.” Taylor then segued into the standard Republican, knee-jerk instinct to mention the name of Nancy Pelosi. And Taylor blustered that “you better turn me in and get a reward, I’m right here,” if you think hes guilty. In other words, Taylor has ZERO substantive response to his own campaign’s scandal.

As for Elaine, Luria, she responded to Taylor’s whining, bluster and threats by stating a few facts: 1) that Taylor’s campaign absolutely did forge people’s signatures to get a third-party candidate on the ballot and that Taylor “has not taken that seriously”; 2) that Taylor did NOT remove staffers “immediately” as he promised, but kept paying them for “an entire quarter”; 3) that Taylor’s campaign has been very negative, for instance depicting Luria “dancing around in a tiara as a puppet…I am not a puppet and I never will be a puppet”; 4) that Taylor referred to the Petitiongate scandal as a “nothingburger,” which is not the kind of language she’d expect her elected representative to use, but maybe the type of language she’d expect from a 9-year-old fourth grader; 5) that, in fact, “by expert testimony before a judge in Richmond, the four staffers were found to be engaged in ‘out-and-out fraud.'”

https://bluevirginia.us/2018/10/video-confronted-with-his-petitiongate-fraud-scandal-scott-taylor-threatens-to-sue-dccc-blames-his-staff-elaine-luria-nails-him

SWBTATTReg

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4. Elaine sounds like my kind of rep. Claire McCatskill is currently facing a challenger who's ...
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:56 AM
Oct 2018

pretty loaded the guns on numerous lies and mistruths in his campaign. All of us have to be on alert and watch out for this type of stuff. It seems like the election laws are not (if they exist) enforced when and if a candidate for office lies and lies repeatedly. So big money and lies seemed to have taken over the election cycle.

Thanks for providing info. on Elaine. I've had read about the forged signatures but didn't know the hypocrisy of the republican candidate and his staffers in this whole mess.

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