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Malloy Campaign’s effort to obstruct justice faces court appearance on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - Wait What?

Malloy Campaign’s effort to obstruct justice faces court appearance on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - Wait What?:

Malloy Campaign’s effort to obstruct justice faces court appearance on Tuesday, October 27, 2015






In his effort to win re-election to a second term as Connecticut’s governor, Dannel Malloy certified that he would abide by Connecticut’s public financing program.  In return for raising $250,000 in contributions no greater than $100 per person, the State Elections Enforcement Commission provided Malloy’s campaign with $6.5 million in public funds.  As a requirement for taking those funds, Malloy swore, under oath, that he would not accept any other campaign donations.
However, in the course of the 2014 the campaign, and in conjunction with the Democratic State Central Committee, Malloy and his political operatives funneled more than $5.2 million dollars into a Democratic Party account.  That money was used, in part, to pay for a series of glossy mailings urging people to vote for Malloy.
Not only was the use of the campaign funds illegal, but the funds that were used were tainted by the fact that it included donations from state contractors and others who are prohibited, by law, from participating in a Connecticut gubernatorial campaign.
As Connecticut law requires, the State Elections Enforcement began an investigation into the allegation that Malloy violated the law through the illegal use of campaign funds.
But rather than come clean about their activities, or even fight the accusations on the merits, Malloy and the Democrats did what would have once been unthinkable in state that proudly had one of the nation’s premier public finance systems… they spent the past year stonewalling the investigation and obstructing justice.
Team Malloy even refused to abide by an official subpoena issued by the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission.
In a couple of months, Dannel Malloy will take over as the chairman of the national Malloy Campaign’s effort to obstruct justice faces court appearance on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - Wait What?: