No one will soon forget the fact that Republican Representative Devin Nunes once sued a parody Twitter account posing as his mom. But according to a new report from the Daily Beast, it seems like Nunes should be far more concerned with his real mother now that she’s caused him a pretty serious political upset.
The Beast’s headline reads, “Devin Nunes’ Mom F*cked Up His Campaign Finance Reports.”
And it’s about as straightforward as they come.
According to the report, Nunes’ mother made more than a few errors and oopsies on her son’s FEC filings, while working for him in the official capacity of treasurer, ultimately resulting in the two political committees belonging to her son being forced to file amendments.
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“Two political committees belonging to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) have spent the past two days filing amended FEC reports to correct errors and omissions by their treasurer: his mom,” the Beast report reads. “The fundraising committees—Nunes Victory Fund, and his leadership PAC, NEW PAC—have also removed Nunes’ mother’s email address and replaced them with an unspecified ‘Treasurer 1’ and ‘Treasurer 2.'”
The report goes on to add:
Those emails serve as contact points for the Federal Election Commission, which sends notices called “Requests for Additional Information” (RFAIs) when compliance officials flag errors or inconsistencies. The FEC sent an additional five notices on Thursday and Friday to the conservative’s official campaign committee, where Toni Nunes has run the books since her son’s first congressional bid in 2002.
All but one of the campaign’s 2020 FEC reports filed by Nunes’ mom contain material errors, according to the RFAIs. Flaws include duplicate contributions from GOP mega-donors such as Home Depot CEO Bernie Marcus ($50.5 million career giving), billionaire energy mogul Kelcy Warren ($23.8 million), and investor Rex Sinquefield ($12.2 million).”
I don’t make a habit out of telling people what to do. But it seems to be that Nunes should worry a little less about suing fake cows and moms and worry a little more about his actual mother screwing him over.
You can read the full report here:
Two political committees belonging to Rep. Devin Nunes have spent the past two days filing amended FEC reports to correct errors and omissions by their treasurer: his mom https://t.co/iwoG9yHtCZ
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 26, 2021
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