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In light of multiple bi-partisan complaints filed with the FEC, Frank Guinta was asked at his town hall last night to produce a simple copy of a bank statement to back up claims that $355,000 that went to his campaign was his (despite logic and common sense saying otherwise).
Guinta responded (partial transcription my own):
"The ethics committee cleared it up. They said they reviewed my FEC reports. They gave it a clean bill of health. This was back in December."
This is as dishonest as the day is long.
Yes, it was back in December when Guinta began parading around a form letter everyone gets from the FEC a House committee as phony "proof" that he is in the clear. Even DiStaso wouldn't carry that water:
The e-mail received by the Guinta camp this week is not specifically in response to the complaint the Democrats filed with the House, but is instead the result of a standard review the ethics committees does of all House members.
Frank Guinta's dishonesty here goes even deeper, as it was also in December that this happened:
The Federal Elections Commission has taken a preliminary step toward investigating U.S. Rep.-elect Frank Guinta's personal finances.
The commission this week told state Democratic Party director Mike Brunelle that it has assigned a case number to his complaint and that Guinta will have 15 days to respond once he is notified.
In no way has anyone "cleared it up" in regard to Frank Guinta's mystery money. Indeed, he has spent the past five months with the possibility of an FEC investigation - with subpoena power - hanging over his head.
(Not to mention the complaint filed with the Clerk of Congress and a request by the NHDP to a US Attorney General to investigate.)