6th District Committee Votes to Hire Indiana Law Firm Representing Dunbar, Allots Up To $30,000

Jennifer Brown’s first 6th Congressional District Committee meeting was Saturday and it was moving along with usual business. Then Ken Adams, chair of Waynesboro GOP, stood to address the 6th Congressional District Republican committee Saturday, June 23, 2018. His purpose was to read a motion:

Motion made by Ken Adams, Waynesboro:

The 6th District Committee shall retain a Special Counsel to defend the 6th District Committee, its current and previous Treasurers and Secretaries and its previous Chairman, from the accusations made in complaints to the Federal Election Commission.

The Committee appoints James Bopp, Jr. of the Bopp Law Firm, PC of Terre Haute, Indiana as the Special Counsel.

The Committee appoints Ken Adams and Matt Fitzgerald to serve as the Committee’s sole representatives to the Special Counsel. They shall provide oversight and direction to the Special Counsel on the behalf of the Committee as the client. They shall report the status of the Federal Election Commission complaints at all regular meetings of the Committee until the complaints are resolved.

The Committee approves the payment of legal fees, up to the amount of $30,000.00.  It is understood that according to the bylaws, the Committee may not incur debt for any reason whatsoever. Accordingly, no legal fees shall be incurred in excess of the Committee’s cash on hand at any given time.

The Chairman or the Treasurer is authorized to sign legal and financial documents that may be required to defend the 6th District Committee, its current and previous Treasurers and Secretaries and its previous chairman.

Funds shall be expended pursuant to this motion on in defense of the 6th District Committee, its current and previous Treasurers and Secretaries and its previous Chairman, and for no other persons.

A May 17th post in the Bull Elephant blog stated that Bopp Law Firm, PC, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was representing Cynthia Dunbar.

From Jennifer Brown, chairman of the 6th District Committee, in a Facebook post:

In order to maintain my promise of honesty and transparency as Chair of the 6th District, I would like to report that the following individuals voted to unnecessarily appropriate $30,000 of your money to pay for an attorney in Terre Haute, IN, without any research into other firms, and without providing a CV to the Committee, in order to represent Cynthia Dunbar, (whom the firm has been representing for several months), Scott Sayre, Hud McWilliams and the 6th District Committee with regards to the three FEC complaints, validly filed by fellow 6th District Republicans:

Steven Richards – Southern Regional Vice Chair
Vance Wilkins – Amherst County
Ken Elkins by proxy – Augusta County
David Fisher – Bath County
Nate Boyer – Bedford County
Don Helms – Botetourt County
Larry Bandy – Highland County
Charlie Nave – Roanoke City
Randy Gilbert – Shenandoah County
Matt Fitzgerald by proxy (carried by Anne Fitzgerald) – Staunton City
Stephen Kurtz – Warren County
Ken Adams – Waynesboro City
Nate Boyer by proxy
Steve Troxel – SCC
Joseph Sonsmith – SCC
Carrie Thompson – SCC
Anne Fitzgerald by proxy – SCC
John Massoud – Vice Chair
Karen Kwiatkowski – Secretary
Donna Moser – Treasurer

In effect, these individuals made decisions on behalf of their entire committees. The motion was written by Ken Adams of Waynesboro City.

This is money that should be used for campaign activities to support our Congressional and Senatorial candidates. These are the same individuals that promised you fiscal responsibility. Please feel free to hold them accountable, as it is your money.

Stay tuned….

Background:

–Ben Cline, Jennifer Brown Win in 6th District Contests
–6th District Convention Results
-Third FEC Complaint Filed Against Scott Sayre
–Concerns for the 6th District
–RPV Bombarded With Complaints From 6th District Convention Delegates
–Rhetoric Heats Up in 6th District