Talk to the hand! O'Donnell campaign manager calls illegal spending allegations "frivolous."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

September 20, 2010
TRENDING: O'Donnell campaign calls charges 'frivolous'
Posted: September 20th, 2010 05:47 PM ET



http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/20/odonnell-campaign-calls-charges-frivolous/#more-123611

(CNN) - Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell's campaign is calling "frivolous" a watchdog group's charge the candidate used campaign funds for personal expenses in a complaint filed with authorities Monday.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed complaints with the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office and the Federal Election Commission against O'Donnell, charging that more than $20,000 of O'Donnell's spending in 2009 and 2010 was illegal because O'Donnell was no longer a candidate.

"By committing tax evasion, false statements, and basically embezzling her campaign funds, Ms. O'Donnell has basically broken criminal law, and must be held to account for that," CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan told CNN.

CREW is basing their complaint in part on the affidavit of a former campaign aide who charges that O'Donnell routinely used campaign funds to pay for personal expenses such as meals and gas. The aide, David Keegan, also told CNN's Gary Tuchman last week that O'Donnell paid for a bowling outing – among other things – during a time when she was not running for office.

But O'Donnell's campaign manager, Matt Moran, insisted that the charges would be proven false.

"I am very confident that it will be dismissed as frivolous. And for the charges that need to be articulated fully, we have some lawyers that will be looking at that and addressing those concerns," Moran told CNN's Brian Todd.

[Tx4obama]

1. Christine needs to get on her broom and fly away & take Palin with her ;) n/t

[sakabatou]

2. Sounds like someone has got something to hide.

[Tx4obama]

4. Betcha O'donnell will be using Palin's lawyer. n/t

[rocktivity]

3. Her campaign manager is named MORAN???

Look up "the gift that keeps on giving," and you'll find a pic of our Christine!

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Beaverhausen]

6. that is classic!!!

[theothersnippywshrub]

5. Tea Bagger spelling of "felonious" = frivolous. Get a dictionary morans! n/t

[Gin]

8. wonder if she has a treasurer now that she has 2 million...

[theothersnippywshrub]

10. The way she sees it, she now has two million reasons not to have a Treasurer. n/t

[MadMaddie]

7. Yea, her previous campaign manager say otherwise!!

Ha..ha..ha..

[Bitwit1234]

9. Wait a minute........she hasn't worked in five years

where did she get the money to live..And how did she get the money to file for all those campaigns she ran. I guess they want us to believe that she conjured the money up out of thin air...gee can witches do that.