News Release
October 20, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Kim Geveden
502-682-2010
[email protected]
Annette Lee
502-226-4841 ext. 230
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FRANKFORT---In stories appearing in this morning's Louisville Courier-Journal, Lexington Herald-Leader, and WHAS-11 TV, Attorney General Jack Conway's Senate campaign does not deny being involved in producing and placing an anonymous video ad on the Internet attacking Lt. Governor and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Daniel Mongiardo.
On Monday, the Mongiardo campaign produced specific and detailed evidence that showed video taken of Mongiardo by the Conway campaign ended up in an anonymous Internet video ad attacking Mongiardo.
When confronted by this evidence and questioned by reporters whether the Conway campaign produced the video or was directly or indirectly involved in its production, the Conway campaign issued a formal statement that "didn't" deny a role in producing the video, instead calling the matter "a bunch of silliness."
Today, Mongiardo campaign spokesperson Kim Geveden said, "Attorney General Conway may call it silliness but most Kentuckians call producing anonymous attack videos on the Internet political dirty tricks. The fact it was done anonymously by apparently the Conway campaign to avoid accountability raises serious questions of federal campaign election law violations. We are going to make a decision in the next several days whether to file a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission and call for a thorough investigation into possible illegal conduct by Attorney General Jack Conway's campaign."
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