Congressman Steve Chabot has learned the hard way that life comes at you fast… especially when your campaign (allegedly) commits major campaign finance violations.
SHOT: In 2018, Chabot called his opponent “sleazy,” and claimed that campaign accountability “starts at the top of the ticket.”
His spokesman would also later say of his opponent: “He can’t hide behind his lawyers and canned talking points. He owes it to the voters of the 1st District to explain exactly what happened and exactly what he knows.”
CHASER: A Grand Jury is currently investigating Chabot’s own campaign finance woes, after Ohioans learned that more than $100,000 went missing from his re-election campaign account, that his campaign Treasurer didn’t know he had the job, and that Chabot’s campaign paid his manager $57k for ‘unknown’ purposes.
But instead of taking responsibility for these problems that, per Chabot’s own words, “start at the top of the ticket,” the embattled Congressman deflected.
But Cincinnati’s press corps isn’t having it:
Cincinnati Enquirer Headline: PX Column: Steve Chabot A Victim? Hardly. But Campaign Finance Quandary Shows Republican Congressman Is Checked Out.
WVXU Headline: “Commentary: Will Missing Money Spell The End For Chabot’s Long Run?”
DCCC Spokesperson Sarah Guggenheimer released the following statement:
“If Ohioans can’t trust Chabot to stay true to his words, how on earth are they supposed to trust him to put them first while he’s away in Washington?”
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