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:

"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."

4 comments:

Clark said...

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.

Full disclosure: I work for Margaret.

Randy said...

I would like to say it's because of hard work, but I received the release and immediately put it on the blog.

Clark said...

Right, 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.

Shortly after we released our statement, the KC Star had Jeff saying that he needed to read the article before issuing a statement.

Randy said...

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.