The Republican Party of New Mexico today filed a formal complaint with the Federal Elections Commission against the union-funded Super-PAC "Independent Source PAC," which is run by Bill Richardson's private investigator, Michael Corwin. ISPAC is funded entirely by a national labor union, who contributed $190,000 to the PAC. ISPAC is already under federal investigation by the FEC for failing to file proper disclosure reports, among other violations. (see:http://gopnm.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f6cc43c8fe9e15c9653372258&id=f9e65a8744&e=11d8f6ea049- ISPAC is committing fraud by stating to the FEC that it is making independent expenditures to promote President Obama, when the clear purpose of its expenditures and commercials is to smear Republican elected officials and candidates at the state and local level, and on issues that have nothing to do with the Presidential campaign, such as the law to repeal driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.
- ISPAC committed the fraud in order to avoid New Mexico state laws, which places limits on PACs engaged in these activities at the state level.
- ISPAC has illegally failed to file numerous required disclosure reports with the Federal Elections Commission.
- ISPAC's commercials break federal law by failing to make proper disclosures to the public.
"Michael Corwin has picked up where his former client Bill Richardson left off — skirting laws to illegally funnel money into campaigns," said Republican Party of New Mexico spokesman Annaliese Wiederspahn. "Corwin's activities have nothing to do with the presidential campaign and everything to do with smearing Republicans at the state and local level on issues like driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, and ending social promotion in education."
Wiederspahn noted that this isn't the first time Corwin has been accused of breaking federal election law. In 2010, Corwin created a website littered with falsehoods against a congressional candidate that many felt was an anti-Catholic smear. The campaign Corwin had been working for immediately disowned the website and claimed Corwin had gone rogue. However, it was later discovered that funds from the campaign had been funneled through a media consultant to pay Corwin and it was alleged that payment was for the research and creation of the website. "This is a shady group that is blatantly breaking federal law and has demonstrated through their actions that they have absolutely no credibility," said Wiederspahn.
Wiederspahn noted that this isn't the first time Corwin has been accused of breaking federal election law. In 2010, Corwin created a website littered with falsehoods against a congressional candidate that many felt was an anti-Catholic smear. The campaign Corwin had been working for immediately disowned the website and claimed Corwin had gone rogue. However, it was later discovered that funds from the campaign had been funneled through a media consultant to pay Corwin and it was alleged that payment was for the research and creation of the website. "This is a shady group that is blatantly breaking federal law and has demonstrated through their actions that they have absolutely no credibility," said Wiederspahn.
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