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October 04, 2006 08:28 PM UTC

Subpoenas Issued Against Trailhead, Others

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  • by: Colorado Pols

From the Rocky Mountain News:

A Democratic activist served subpoenas Tuesday against gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez’s campaign, a political group, a political consulting firm and the state Republican Party in his bid to prove illegal campaign coordination between the political allies.

The subpoenas – approved by an administrative law judge – stem from a Sept. 15 complaint filed with the Secretary of State’s office by Boulder activist Aaron Fink accusing Beauprez, the Colorado Republican Committee and the Trailhead Group of violating campaign finance laws…

…The stakes in the legal battle could be high. Trailhead was founded in 2005 by powerful Republicans – Gov. Bill Owens, Bruce Benson and Pete Coors – to counter 527-group spending by four wealthy Democrats in 2004.

If Fink succeeds in convincing a judge that Trailhead violated the coordination ban, the group and potentially its contributors could face civil penalties from two to five times the amount of contributions received. [emphasis added]

The complaint accuses Trailhead of illegally collaborating with the state Republican party, the campaigns of Beauprez and Mark Hillman, a Republican candidate for state treasurer.

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13 thoughts on “Subpoenas Issued Against Trailhead, Others

  1. An lawyer representing both the Colorado Republican Party and the Trailhead Group gives the Beauprez campaign their attack ad script?  Wow.  He’s got his fingers in every pie.

  2. Pursuing cases like these can be expensive. Under our ridiculous system, if someone dares to file a complaint but ultimately no law violation is proven, he or she can be required to pay costs, etc. of the other side. I’m grateful that Fink and others put it on the line to keep people honest.

    I wanted to file a complaint against the Independence Institute for the blatant anti-Ref C shilling last election, but there was a loophole that allows them to do so – without disclosing their donors – if it doesn’t constitute a “substantial” part of their activities. And the way the law currently defines “substantial” is ridiculously vague and biased against disclosure. I’m not rich, so I didn’t file.

    Go Fink!

      1. But in this case, it’s just that the judge can tell the losing party to pay the winning party’s attorney’s fees.

        An additional counter-suit could be filed by Trailhead, but they’d want to have some good evidence before doing so.

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