"Candidates for public office, especially candidates for Attorney General, must hold themselves to the highest ethical standards. This article raises serious questions about Senator Koster's conduct."
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Harris issues statement on AP Koster report
It did not take long for one of Chris Koster's opponents in the Democratic primary for attorney general, Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, to issue a statement concerning the Associated Press article that indicates Koster staff members were involved in a money laundering operation to provide funds for Koster's campaign. The following statement was just issued by Harris:
Randy, I'm curious how you got Harris' statement so early. I didn't get the release until after 5pm, and I'm presumably on the same media list. Margaret Donnelly's campaign issued a statement shortly before 2:30.
ReplyDeleteFull disclosure: I work for Margaret.
I would like to say it's because of hard work, but I received the release and immediately put it on the blog.
ReplyDeleteRight, but I'm saying that as a blogger, I'm on Jeff's media list as well, and I didn't get anything all afternoon. The timestamp on the e-mail that I received from Jeff is after 5pm.
ReplyDeleteShortly after we released our statement, the KC Star had Jeff saying that he needed to read the article before issuing a statement.
My time stamp is always two hours off. I received the e-mail at 5:06 p.m. and posted it at 5:08 p.m.
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