As first reported by the Star Tribune yesterday, U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden's campaign will be filing a lawsuit with Federal Elections Commission today "alleging Democratic Sen. Al Franken's campaign is illegally coordinating with a Super PAC."
Allison Sherry detailed the concerns raised by McFadden's campaign:
In an interview on FOX 9 television this morning, Franken was asked about the pending complaint from McFadden's campaign. Franken said "we did not coordinate", but Franken then said the images "are public domain, you put those up." Franken added "those [images] are loaded up to public domain and any independent expenditure can use them. We did not coordinate."
In a statement from McFadden's campaign, spokesman Tom Erickson said, "Senator Franken seems to be making our own point for us. It's shocking to hear Franken admit that his campaign put these videos online so that super PACs can use them in support of his campaign. We'd like to know when this coordination began and if Senator Franken personally authorized it."
I have requested a comment from Franken's campaign about his interview this morning and I will update this post with any comments I receive.
Picture source: Mike McFadden for U.S. Senate, Office of U.S. Senator Al Franken
