Bob Seale, the onetime chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, filed a Federal Election Commission complaint Tuesday against David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada who has come under scrutiny for his personal finances and campaign finance reports.
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The complaint, shared first with The Washington Post, pulls from reporting by several outlets, including Mother Jones, which reported that a “major donor” listed on Flippo’s FEC report said they had not donated anything to his campaign, and the Nevada Independent, which reported on the Republican candidate’s failure to file a personal financial disclosure document and raised questions about how he was self-financing his campaign.
“This allegation raises serious concerns about the accuracy of the reports that Respondents filed with the Commission,” Seale writes in the complaint, calling for an investigation.
Seale, a Republican who served two terms as Nevada treasurer in the 1990s and ran for the seat Flippo is seeking in 1996, compares Flippo to Republican former congressman George Santos. Santos was expelled from the House in 2023 after being accused of financial misconduct and telling myriad lies about his background. He was sentenced to more than seven years in prison, but President Donald Trump commuted his sentence.
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“I find it offensive that he thinks he can get away with it,” Seale told The Post, adding that he is still a registered Republican but will “likely” vote for Flippo’s opponent, Democrat Teresa Benitez-Thompson.
A spokesperson for the Flippo campaign attacked The Washington Post for reporting on Seale’s letter and pointed to the chair of the Washoe County Republican Party requesting an FBI investigation into Benitez-Thompson.
