The saga continues... FEC threatens Madison Cawthorn after he fails to fork over campaign financial records https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/madison-cawthorn-threatened-fec-campaign-finances
The latest on this clown... US Rep. Madison Cawthorn reports $300K campaign deficit after month-long filing delay https://www.wral.com/us-rep-madison...ficit-after-month-long-filing-delay/20418533/ North Carolina U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s campaign entered July with a deficit of more than $300,000, according to a new Federal Election Commission report. The 27-year-old Republican, who narrowly lost his reelection bid in the May primary, entered July with about $305,000 in outstanding debt and about $1,500 in cash on hand. His campaign submitted the paperwork Sunday, nearly a month after the FEC’s July 15 reporting deadline. “The closing out of a large campaign can sometimes take more time than anticipated,” Blake Harp, Cawthorn’s chief of staff, told WRAL News last week. Much of the money Cawthorn’s campaign owed at the start of July was to a business associated with a campaign adviser and top congressional staff member of his. Cawthorn entered July owing $184,000 to Harp’s EMP Strategies, a firm that helped with campaign consulting and media placements. Harp’s email address is listed at the top of the Cawthorn campaign's statement of organization. Harp didn’t immediately respond to requests for additional comment Monday. Harp has faced questions about whether he surpassed outside income limits for senior staff members through his business. Luke Ball, a former Cawthorn spokesman, previously said he didn’t believe Harp was subject to the outside limits. Doug Heye, a former Republican National Committee communications director, said the financial relationship between Cawthorn and Harp is surprising. “Having your largest debtor be your chief of staff and your aide is extremely unusual,” Heye said. “When you’re working for a member of Congress, there are then limits of what you’re able to do. … I don’t know of any aides who had their own consultancy that they were setting up, much less when you’re talking about money of that size. It’s a situation I’ve never heard of. It is highly unusual and will lead to further ethics investigations.” In May, the House Ethics Committee announced a separate review, saying it would look into allegations that Cawthorn improperly invested in cryptocurrency and had a potentially inappropriate relationship with a staff member. The Office of Congressional Ethics on Monday declined to comment on the status of that investigation or whether it has opened any other cases related to Cawthorn. Cawthorn has also come under scrutiny for using taxpayer and campaign funds to pay his second cousin, Stephen Smith. Cawthorn and Smith have defended themselves from the criticism of the perception of family-dealing, noting that Smith helps transport Cawthorn, who was left partially paralyzed after a car accident and now uses a wheelchair. By July 1, Cawthorn owed $42,000 to Harris Media, a Texas-based communications and marketing agency that provided Cawthorn with digital fundraising support. The remaining debt comes from $75,000 Cawthorn loaned to his campaign. Ball, the former Cawthorn spokesman, declined to comment on the congressman’s campaign finances. He referred questions to Micah Bock, a political consultant, who declined to comment and said he didn’t work for the campaign. In an Aug. 1 letter, the FEC warned Cawthorn’s campaign about its delayed filing, writing, “It is important that you file this report immediately.” Cawthorn’s statement of organization lists the congressman as the campaign’s treasurer, but the report filed on Sunday identified Thomas Datwyler as treasurer. Around the date of the FEC letter, Cawthorn appeared to have just concluded a trip through Washington, Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida to celebrate his birthday. An Aug. 3 Instagram post from Cawthorn showed him in a bulletproof vest holding a pistol in what appeared to be an in-person security exercise or simulation. Harp, the close adviser Cawthorn owed nearly $184,000 as of July 1, also appeared in the video. Between Jan. 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022, Cawthorn’s campaign took in nearly $4.1 million, including more than $3.5 million from individual donors, campaign finance records show. But as the May 17 primary election neared and grew more competitive, Cawthorn quickly tapped out his resources. With nearly three weeks left before his primary loss to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, Cawthorn was nearly $187,000 in the red. He had about $325,000 in outstanding debt and $138,000 in available cash, as of April 27. The latest FEC filing shows Cawthorn’s campaign deficit increased by 62%, or about $116,000, between April 28 and June 30. Heye said he believes the problem stems from an unprecedented buy now, pay later strategy. “Campaigns go into debt. It happens and it happens a lot, win or lose,” Heye said. “What’s unusual about Cawthorn is that he was spending general election money in a primary, which you cannot do and is so unheard of.”
Rep. Madison Cawthorn Still In Court For A Slew Of Traffic Violations https://upolitics.com/news/rep-madison-cawthorn-still-in-court-for-a-slew-of-traffic-violations/
Kevin McCarthy Helped Sink Madison Cawthorn’s Re-Election Bid in Effort to Remove Ultra MAGA from GOP Caucus: Report https://www.mediaite.com/print/kevi...-to-remove-ultra-maga-from-gop-caucus-report/ House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reportedly took steps to undermine Madison Cawthorn (NC) as the former Republican congressman sought reelection earlier this year. A new report from the Washington Post reveals that McCarthy and his top allies launched an effort “to purge the influence of Republican factions that seek disruption and grandstanding,” all while boosting candidates likely to fall in line with McCarthy’s leadership. To that end, McCarthy’s faction launched a secret reported effort to deny Cawthorn a second term while the former representative was bogged down in scandal. “GOP lobbyist Jeff Miller, one of McCarthy’s closest friends and biggest fundraisers, and Brian O. Walsh, a Republican strategist who works for multiple McCarthy-backed groups, were both involved in an independent effort to oppose Cawthorn as part of a broader project to create a more functioning GOP caucus next year,” the Post reported. “The allies close to McCarthy have sometimes taken steps to conceal their efforts, as they did in the Cawthorn case, with money passing from top GOP donors through organizations that do not disclose their donors or have limited public records, federal disclosures show.” The reported goal of McCarthy’s secret political operation is to weed out GOP candidates “who could either cause McCarthy trouble if he becomes House speaker or jeopardize GOP victories in districts where a more moderate candidate might have a better chance at winning.” Cawthorn established himself as a hard-right firebrand while in office. Even though he was given a vote of confidence from former President Donald Trump, his relationship with McCarthy had been fractured by the point of his race for re-election. Before losing his House seat, Cawthorn was drawing bad headlines and disapproval from Republicans as he claimed to have witnessed cocaine-fueled “orgies” while in Congress, got caught multiple times trying to bring a gun onto a plane, was shown on video nakedly dry-humping another man, and other scandals. While Cawthorn conceded his race after his defeat, he has vowed to unleash “Dark MAGA” forces in a continuing battle against his political foes.
Madison and his staff are nowhere to be found. Someone should remind him that he still needs to take care of his constituents until his replacement is sworn in. Madison Cawthorn goes AWOL. Where is the GOP rep as his term in Congress ends? Washington Post report details how congressman’s office has virtually shuttered following primary defeat https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...son-cawthorn-congress-term-awol-b2200621.html ‘He blew it’: No one seems to care what Republican Madison Cawthorn does with the rest of his life https://www.rawstory.com/madison-cawthorn-future/
Trial date set for Rep. Madison Cawthorn after being cited for having gun at Charlotte Douglas https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/t...charlotte-douglas/TDBJMQVSCFB6TEOE4XTFY5D6FY/
Look who is moving to Florida. He will fit right in. Congressman Madison Cawthorn buys a house -- in Florida https://wlos.com/news/local/congres...e-coral-florida-hendersonville-nc-11-district
He won't even do the job he is being paid for with your taxpayer dollars... Madison Cawthorn vacates offices before end of term; constituents' calls go unanswered https://www.yahoo.com/now/madison-cawthorn-vacates-offices-end-125406718.html
Outgoing Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) rants on the House floor about men being taught to be a "soft metrosexual". Interesting choice after his last video went public. Of course, this clown is moving to Florida shortly where he will fit right in with Gaetz in DeSantisland. North Carolina is glad to see him departing.