Tea Party Chairman Arrested in Connection to Illegal Photographs of Senator’s Wife

[sufrommich]

Last week, Clayton Kelly, a political blogger in Mississippi, was arrested for allegedly breaking into a nursing home to get pictures of Rose Cochran to use in a political attack video against her husband, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS).

However, three new arrests made today hint at a grander conspiracy: The Clarion-Ledger reports that Mark Mayfield, a vice chairman of Mississippi’s Tea Party, was also arrested in connection with the photographing of Mrs. Cochran, who suffers from advanced dementia and is bedridden (authorities haven’t released the name of the other suspects). Both Mayfield and Kelly are vocal supporters of Cochran’s Tea Party challenger, State Senator Chris McDaniel.

Though charges have not yet been announced against Mayfield, Kelly himself faces felony charges of up to ten years for “photographing or filming another without permission where there is expectation of privacy and exploitation of a vulnerable adult.” At Slate, Dave Weigel speculated that Kelly was trying to push rumors that Cochran was having an affair, and attempted to get photos of Rose’s physical state to prove how bedridden she was. “Pointing out that a candidate’s wife is bedridden is more likely to induce sympathy for the candidate than anything else,” he noted dryly. Kelly’s wife has claimed that an anonymous source sent her husband the address to Mrs. Cochran’s nursing home and encouraged him to pursue the story.


http://www.mediaite.com/print/tea-party-chairman-arrested-in-connection-to-illegal-photographs-of-senators-wife/

[Enthusiast]

1. One would get the idea that these assholes have absolutely no sense of ethics.

And one would be correct.