FIRST ON FOX: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) appeared to go back on its 2019 hacked materials pledge by paying the firm behind the leaks of several GOP candidates’ military records during the 2022 campaign.
Back in 2018, the DCCC made its initial hacked materials pledge before doubling down in 2019 during the Mueller report drama and calling on their GOP foil, the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC), to join them in their pledge.
“Today, in light of revelations in the Mueller Report, DCCC Chairwoman Bustos sent a letter challenging the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) to formally reject the use of hacked or stolen material for electoral gains,” the DCCC wrote in 2019.
In their 2019 pledge, the DCCC vowed they “will never seek out stolen and/or hacked information for use in any operations” and they “will never use known stolen and/or hacked information, or promote or disseminate stolen and/or hacked materials to the press.” (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“In reaffirming this commitment, first made in 2018 by then-Chairman Ben Ray Luján, the DCCC has asked the NRCC to sign a written pledge focused on cybersecurity and the need to prevent hostile foreign powers from interfering in American political campaigns,” the House Democrats’ campaign arm continued.
In their 2019 pledge, the DCCC vowed they “will never seek out stolen and/or hacked information for use in any operations” and they “will never use known stolen and/or hacked information, or promote or disseminate stolen and/or hacked materials to the press, regardless of the source and will report any receipt of, or offers to receive, stolen and/or hacked information to law enforcement.”
“We will not support any campaign or allied groups that use known stolen and/or hacked information, or promotes or disseminates stolen and/or hacked materials to the press, regardless of the source and will encourage all campaigns to report any receipt of, or offers to receive, stolen and/or hacked information to law enforcement,” the pledge reads.
Last week, it was reported that two additional Republican candidates had their military records improperly released during the 2022 midterm elections by Due Diligence, a Democrat-aligned research firm that the DCCC is still paying as of last week.
Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon was one of the…
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