Raphael Warnock Caught in Illegal Campaign Finance Scandal
By Bonchie | Jul 06, 2022 10:00 AM ET
While the media has been laser-focused on the past personal failings of Herschel Walker, Sen. Raphael Warnock, whose history includes accusations of domestic violence and allowing abuse at a church camp, has largely avoided scrutiny. That’s hardly surprising given that Democrats are always given a pass, but another Warnock scandal has come to light, and even Politico is reporting on it.
Apparently, Warnock used campaign funds to fight a lawsuit over an issue first brought in 2019, prior to him becoming a senator.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) used campaign money to cover legal expenses for a lawsuit relating to his time as a church minister — transactions that raise questions about whether the spending runs afoul of federal rules governing personal use of campaign funds.
The case, first filed in 2019 by Atlanta resident Melvin Robertson, involved baffling and seemingly baseless allegations against Warnock that date back to 2005 when he was a pastor. It was dismissed by a federal district court judge in Georgia without any of the defendants being served.
But Robertson refiled a similar lawsuit in April 2021, outlining the same allegations against Warnock while also suing Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he has long served as senior pastor, and other public figures.
This time, Warnock was serving in the Senate. And he enlisted his campaign attorneys from Elias Law Group to represent him in the case, along with an Atlanta firm, Krevolin & Horst, which assisted ELG.
The problem is that it is against the law to use campaign funds to fight a lawsuit that isn’t a result of one’s candidacy or holding of office. Given the first lawsuit was filed in 2019, prior to Warnock running even for Senate and the later lawsuit in 2021 had no relation to Warnock being a politician (the allegations are from 2005-2008), the move to pay the Elias Law Group (Marc Elias’ grifting outfit) appears to be illegal.
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