The Fair Elections Committee has ruled that Congresswoman Louise Slaughter's campaign ad against Maggie Brooks was overstated and inaccurate.
Brooks filed a complaint with the committee last week.
A hearing was held Tuesday afternoon when the committee decided Slaughter was in violation of the fair campaign pledge.
Both candidates are running for the 25th Congressional District seat.
Members from Slaughter's administration say they are disappointed.
Statement from Eric Walker, Slaughter's Communications Director: "We are disappointed that the FEPC sided with Maggie Brooks' assertion that only tens of millions of dollars should be cited as the cost of her corruption. We continue to stand by our claim that when a group of insiders obtains a contract through a corrupt process, the entire contract is corrupt. Whether you estimate the cost of Brooks' corruption in the tens of millions of dollars or the hundreds of millions of dollars, the fact remains that taxpayers are footing the bill for her scandals, while Brooks still refuses to take responsibility."
Statement from Maggie Brooks: “I thank the Fair Election Practices Committee for verifying what multiple fact checkers, and hardworking voters across our community, already know - Louise Slaughter is running one of the most negative, divisive, and desperate campaigns in the nation, and her latest attack is both inaccurate and overstated. In light of today’s ruling, I am officially calling on Mrs. Slaughter to pull her baseless and desperate attack from the airwaves. Failing to do so would only highlight a blatant lack of respect for local voters and run contrary to the high standards we both agreed to by signing the Fair Election Pledge."
The Fair Elections Committee has ruled that Congresswoman Louise Slaughter's campaign ad against Maggie Brooks was overstated and inaccurate.
Brooks filed a complaint with the committee last week.
A hearing was held Tuesday afternoon when the committee decided Slaughter was in violation of the fair campaign pledge.
Both candidates are running for the 25th Congressional District seat.
Members from Slaughter's administration say they are disappointed.
Statement from Eric Walker, Slaughter's Communications Director: "We are disappointed that the FEPC sided with Maggie Brooks' assertion that only tens of millions of dollars should be cited as the cost of her corruption. We continue to stand by our claim that when a group of insiders obtains a contract through a corrupt process, the entire contract is corrupt. Whether you estimate the cost of Brooks' corruption in the tens of millions of dollars or the hundreds of millions of dollars, the fact remains that taxpayers are footing the bill for her scandals, while Brooks still refuses to take responsibility."
Statement from Maggie Brooks: “I thank the Fair Election Practices Committee for verifying what multiple fact checkers, and hardworking voters across our community, already know - Louise Slaughter is running one of the most negative, divisive, and desperate campaigns in the nation, and her latest attack is both inaccurate and overstated. In light of today’s ruling, I am officially calling on Mrs. Slaughter to pull her baseless and desperate attack from the airwaves. Failing to do so would only highlight a blatant lack of respect for local voters and run contrary to the high standards we both agreed to by signing the Fair Election Pledge."
