The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) today denounced false claims filed in federal court by Eric O’Keefe and Wisconsin Club for Growth (WCFG) who are seeking to derail a bipartisan, multi-county criminal investigation into their electoral activities.
“Eric O’Keefe and WCFG have misled a federal court with false claims about CMD in their effort to thwart a criminal investigation into their activities during the 2011-2012 recall elections in Wisconsin,” said CMD’s Executive Director Lisa Graves, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. “The legal complaint of O’Keefe/WCFG demonstrates a reckless disregard for the truth and defames our investigative watchdog group,” she noted, adding: “Their claim of selective prosecution, which suggests that CMD should be subject to criminal prosecution, is injurious and based on manufactured falsehoods.“
Graves believes CMD has been targeted as part of an effort to discredit the organization and its thoroughly documented investigative reporting about O’Keefe/WCFG, Citizens for a Strong America, David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity and other groups. CMD/PRWatch will not be intimidated by these smears or stop reporting on these issues.
No doubt Eric O’Keefe and the Wisconsin Club for Growth are desperate to draw attention away from their alleged involvement in illegal campaign activities, and finding a “liberal bogeyman” would certainly be a convenient way to do so. However, their choice of Lisa Graves and the Center for Media and Democracy as that “liberal bogeyman” seems likely to backfire, and hopefully they’ll be forced to pay the consequences for their blatant lies.
I thought it was hilarious when they accused the judges, prosecutors and investigators of “targeting” conservatives. It must be a rerun of the Tea Party/IRS scandal/fiasco. How dare you target us by investigating whether we broke the law!
Thanks for the post. I am looking forward to seeing how this plays out and hope it happens in a timely manner.