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FEC exonerates Wil Cardon: Complaint “meritless”
FEC file closed in politically motivated, bogus claim
During his campaign for Arizona’s open U.S. Senate seat, Republican candidate Wil Cardon was repeatedly defamed by allegations of illegally using corporate money to fund his race. It was a claim he frequently denied. Cardon is a successful East Valley businessman.
In January, a complaint against Cardon was filed with the Federal Elections Commission by Mesa resident David Smith, a supporter of Jeff Flake. What a surprise!
Flake’s campaign and Independent Expenditure committees working on his behalf, brutalized Wil Cardon with a vicious smear campaign in their attempt to hobble the conservative political newcomer. Trusting the ever-waffling Flake takes either blind dedication or lack of information.
Many remember how Flake, a 6-term congressman, reneged on his pledge to serve no more than three 2-year terms, by laughingly smirking, “I lied.”
After Cardon lost the Primary, Flake then proceeded to the General Election where he encountered former Surgeon General Richard Carmona — an Independent turned Democrat – who caused him to scramble and bring in the big guns. In the end, Flake won the race by a narrow margin of just 3 percentage points. The Daily Caller termed it “one of the nastier senate races this cycle.”
Such activity has long been a hallmark of Jeff Flake, whether out in the open as with the assault on Cardon, or behind the scenes as he encouraged his own immigration lawyer brother-in-law to challenge then-state Rep. Russell Pearce — the architect of Arizona’s much copied SB1070. During that race, Pearce beat Kevin Gibbons by a three-to-one vote.
In clearing Cardon of the bogus allegations of wrongdoing, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) — made up of three Democrats and three Republicans — weighed the evidence and dismissed Smith’s complaint accusing Cardon of irregularities involved in his personal loans to his campaign.
In documents made public this week, the Commission voted 5-1 in an executive session, finding “no reason to believe” that Cardon, his campaign and its treasurer or three Cardon family business entities broke the law. The allegations involved four loans to Cardon’s campaign totaling more than $815,000.
ALL of the documents, including the original complaint, notifications, responses, reports and the final certification can be seen HERE on the FEC Case Search Result Page. (type in case number 6523 and press “search.”)
The truth is finally out, although too late for Mr. Cardon and Arizona’s conservatives.
2012-11-23 23:01:14
Source: http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/fec-exonerates-wil-cardon-complaint-meritless/
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