NV-02 Republican nominee David Flippo has some explaining to do.
NOTUS reports that Flippo, who personally loaned his campaign more than $1.6 million and has run for office two cycles in a row, has never filed required personal financial disclosures.
Flippo’s campaign treasurer is Thomas Datwyler, a GOP operative who faced “FEC penalties, a criminal investigation, and a Justice Department complaint for his previous work across multiple states.” Datwyler was also listed as disgraced former Congressman George Santos’ former campaign treasurer.
The mystery surrounding the source of Flippo’s finances is also notable because Flippo was fired from his last job “after his company accused him of violating policies and regulations.” Flippo has also been accused of using campaign funds to rent a house, and NV-02’s current congressman, Republican Mark Amodei, refuses to endorse him.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“David Flippo owes Northern Nevadans an explanation.”
Read the reporting for yourself…
NOTUS: David Flippo May Soon Join Congress. He Appears to Have Already Violated a Financial Law.
- The retired Air Force lieutenant colonel appears to already be violating a federal insider trading and transparency law, having never filed required personal financial disclosures for his heavily self-funded campaign.
- The law required Flippo to disclose various details — personal assets, debts and sources of income — by May 15. There is no record of him submitting the required paperwork to Congress or otherwise requesting an extension.
- There is also no record of Flippo filing a personal financial disclosure during his campaign for U.S. House in 2024.
- These missing financial details are particularly notable given that Flippo has personally loaned his congressional campaign more than $1.6 million, according to Federal Election Commission records, but the source of his wealth remains unclear.
- Aside from Flippo’s apparent lack of a financial disclosure, one of his opponents filed an FEC complaint that accused him of misusing campaign funds.
- Flippo was also fired from a job in the financial services industry after his company accused him of violating policies and regulations.
- [Flippo’s campaign treasurer] Datwyler himself has faced significant scrutiny during his career as a Republican political committee financial operative, including FEC penalties, a criminal investigation and a Justice Department complaint for his previous work across multiple states.
- Most notably, Datwyler was believed to be Rep. George Santos’ “shadow treasurer” before Congress voted to expel the disgraced New York Republican in December 2023. The House Ethics Committee found that Santos had misused campaign funds for personal expenses, deceived donors and improperly filed campaign finance reports, among other violations.
- “If you want a recent example of why this is so important, think of (now-disgraced) former Rep. George Santos,” Fischer added. “The discrepancy between the personal loans Santos reported making to his campaign and the meager assets he reported provided an early indication that something was amiss.”
- Flippo then began working as a financial adviser in 2019 for the firm First Command, but in 2024, the company fired him for allegedly violating internal policies.
- “The registered representative violated numerous company policies and regulatory regulations related to electronic communications, books and records. [sic] and customer identification,” the firm wrote in a Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure on Flippo’s termination.
- One of Flippo’s 12 opponents in the Republican primary, former Eureka County Sheriff Jesse Watts, filed a complaint with the FEC alleging that Flippo used campaign funds to rent a house — something that would violate federal election laws, which generally prohibits candidates from using campaign cash for personal uses.
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