The campaign to replace Jared Polis as governor has barely gotten off the ground and yet Jena Griswold already stands accused of violating state campaign finance law.
That’s gotta be a record.
The Secretary of State office that Griswold holds now is responsible for enforcing the campaign law in question, so the complaint was initially filed with her office.
Since Griswold can’t investigate herself, even though she tried to on another serious matter last year, the complaint has been forwarded to Attorney General Phil Weiser for further investigation.
Colorado Politics writes that is supposed to avoid a conflict of interest, which is hilarious because Weiser announced last month he is also running for governor.
Only in Colorado, right?
The complaint says Griswold “expended funds on a gubernatorial campaign and had a website dedicated to a gubernatorial run but has not registered a committee or filed a candidate affidavit for governor.”
The website amounts to a public campaign announcement, and the domain name acquirement is an official campaign expenditure.
From Colorado Politics:
Colorado campaign finance law requires an individual who becomes a candidate to file a candidate affidavit within 10 days of filing it. A personal financial disclosure is also required within 10 days of the filing.
Griswold didn’t do any of that.
Instead, right after 9News reported on Dec. 20 the website jenaforgovernor.com had been published in August, the website was scrubbed.
But wait, there’s more!
Griswold’s campaign manager is her brother, Chris Griswold, whom the complaint says, “initially lied, stating it was ‘definitely’ not their domain.”
The complaint said the Griswold campaign revealed it purchased the website only after learning that his email address was tied to the campaign’s email subscription.
Griswold’s brother dismisses the complaint as “baseless,” and yet it surely looks to be based on facts that could be easily verified.
We are intrigued to see how the attorney general plays this.
If he lets Griswold slide with a fine and a slap on the wrist, he’s just proving he’s part of the entrenched Democrat system that refuses to prosecute their own protected class and criminals who vote Democrat.
Everyone knows Griswold wants to be governor and has every intention of running. So, why is she being so coy and allegedly breaking this technicality in a campaign finance law?
Stay tuned!