Cummings Responds to Explosive New Report on Chairman Gowdy’s Links to Stop Hillary PAC (HRC GROUP)

Rep. Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member, Select Committee on Benghazi:

Today, the Washington Post reported on newly discovered links between Rep. Trey Gowdy, the Chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, and Stop Hillary PAC, which describes itself as “created for one reason only—to ensure Hillary Clinton never becomes President of the United States.”

This is the same group that last week aired a highly offensive new attack ad using images of Ambassador Stevens’ grave—without his family’s permission—and exploiting the deaths of four Americans to damage Secretary Clinton’s bid for president. Democrats have complained repeatedly about Gowdy’s connections to the group.

The Post article includes several new revelations:

Gowdy’s leadership PAC, Themis, shared the same treasurer as Stop Hillary PAC since 2013, an outspoken political operative and Clinton opponent named Dan Backer.

Backer also served as treasurer on three other PACs that each donated $2,000 to Gowdy for Congress in April. Only after being confronted with these facts by the Washington Post did Gowdy return these donations on Friday.

Just last month, STOP Hillary PAC spent $10,000 on robocalls and other efforts in support of Gowdy.

In response to this new report, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued the following statement: “These are shocking new revelations that directly contradict the promise we made to the families of the four brave Americans.”...

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