(Townhall) On Tuesday, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign sent out a press release on how the “TRUMP CAMPAIGN CITES POSSIBLE CRIMINAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY BIDEN ALIGNED ‘PENNSYLVANIA VALUES PAC’; DEMANDS IMMEDIATE END TO THIS FALSE ADVERTISING.” The PAC in question, the Pennsylvania Values PAC, is being accused by the Trump campaign of putting out an “advertisement [that] may constitute both a criminal and civil conspiracy to injure the rights of President Trump’s supporters to cast their ballots in Pennsylvania,” according to a cease and desist letter addressed to Maria L. Galdo, Treasurer of the PAC, from David A. Warrington of the Dhillon Law Group Inc.
The letter not only demands a cease and desist, but also that Galdo preserve evidence. According to Warrington’s letter, the ad appears to violate federal criminal law as well as the Klu Klux Klan Act:
The press release from the Trump campaign noted that “the Trump Campaign sent a cease-and-desist legal warning to, and will seek a criminal investigation of, Pennsylvania Values PAC for airing a false television ad that may interfere with the right of Trump supporters to cast their ballots in Pennsylvania.” As is also mentioned, the campaign “demands the PAC immediately end the ad and expects law enforcement officials in Pennsylvania to immediately review this issue.”
A statement from Brian Hughes, a senior advisor for the Trump campaign, speaks further to the campaign’s concerns, and also provides pushback.
“Biden and his allies will stop at nothing to interfere with this election because Crooked Joe is losing nationally and in battleground states like Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Values PAC is peddling lies to prevent voters exercising their right to vote. President Trump has been clear that his supporters should use all legal methods to cast a ballot this election,” Hughes said. “In just the last two weeks at events in front of thousands of Americans – including in Pennsylvania – President Trump has encouraged supporters to visit SwamptheVoteUSA.com, a website that promotes all legal voting methods. To say otherwise in advertising, as this false TV commercial does, represents an intentional effort to mislead Pennsylvania voters, suppress Trump supporters, and disrupt a fair election this Fall.”
That Swamp the Vote USA website indeed mentions many different kinds of voting methods, including absentee voting, and offers users to the website opportunities to “Request a ballot.” Trump also put out a Truth Social post on April 19, which is featured on the Swamp the Vote USA website.
Such a post mentions that “ABSENTEE VOTING, EARLY VOTING, AND ELECTION DAY VOTING ARE ALL GOOD OPTIONS” and declares that “REPUBLICANS MUST MAKE A PLAN, REGISTER, AND VOTE!”
ABSENTEE VOTING, EARLY VOTING, AND ELECTION DAY VOTING ARE ALL GOOD OPTIONS. REPUBLICANS MUST MAKE A PLAN, REGISTER, AND VOTE!
Donald Trump Truth Social 06:09 PM EST 04/19/24
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) April 19, 2024
