Emails, David Wysong, senior adviser, Beto O’Rourke U.S. Senate campaign, July 26-27, 2017
Subject: URGENT inquiry for a PAC contribution fact-check
Date: July 25, 2017 at 4:42:21 PM MDT
I am helping to complete a fact-check we started a while back on Beto O’Rourke’s statement that he and one other member of Congress were alone in not accepting PAC donations.
Today I noticed that the Center for Responsive Politics says that since 2011, O’Rourke has fielded about $297,000 in PAC contributions, which account for about 5 percent of his total contributions. We’ve already noticed separately that some PAC contributions are conduit PAC contributions. Would O’Rourke have an itemization of the conduit PAC contributions he’s gotten over the years running for his House seat and now the Senate seat? Any other information on point?
We hope to finish this fact-check Wednesday.
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W. Gardner Selby
Reporter / News
Austin American-Statesman
11:23 a.m.
July 26, 2017
Open Secrets appears to have loaded someone else's information under the Congressman's name.
At first glance it appears to be Senator Cruz's information but I have not verified that.
I have attached a screen shot of their incorrect page as well as the Beto for Texas FEC summary that shows $0 contributions from PACs.
Hope this is helpful, please let me know if there is anything else you need.
ATTACHMENT from this web link:
11:32 a.m.
Looks like the screen shot didn't go through. I will send via text as well.
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:29 AM, Selby, Gardner (CMG-Austin) wrote:
I would like to tell readers when O’Rourke stopped taking PAC contributions and why, and any documentation of that moment.
12:07 p.m.
Here is documentation on his second term. (Open secrets)
Is that what you are looking for?
ATTACHMENT:
12:26 p.m.
Here is form letter that went out.
On Jul 26, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Selby, Gardner (CMG-Austin) wrote:
Did the campaign accept any non-conduit PAC contributions after that date?
12:14 a.m.
July 27, 2017
No.
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:29 AM, Selby, Gardner (CMG-Austin)
wrote:
I would like to tell readers when O’Rourke stopped taking PAC contributions and why, and any documentation of that moment.
12:07 p.m.
Here is documentation on his second term. (Open secrets)
IMAGE ATTACHED
12:26 p.m.
Here is form letter that went out.