Another federal election complaint has been filed against Republican Congressional District 2 candidate David Flippo.
As of Wednesday, he still has not submitted his financial disclosure report to the U.S. House Clerk.
Democratic nominee, Teresa Benitez-Thompson hosted a virtual press conference Wednesday morning, calling out Flippo for this.
The deadline to submit the report was May 15.
"We need to know where he gets his money,” said Susan Fisher, a former lobbyist and is a registered Republican. “Is it personal funds? He claims he's loaned himself over $1.5 million.”
Fisher filed the complaint first, then the Campaign Legal Center filed one, and now former Nevada State Treasurer and former Nevada Republican Party Chairman, Robert Seale just submitted one.
“Mr. Flippo has decided that he can push the rules right up to the edge and then step over,” Seale said.
Seale mentioned in the complaint that Flippo hasn’t filed the disclosure for two election cycles now.
Flippo’s campaign provided a draft of the report to The Nevada Independent.
The outlet reported that Flippo’s team still had not submitted a report to the U.S. House Clerk.
One of the other claims in Seale’s complaint, is that one of Flippo’s largest investors, may not exist at all.
According to an article from Mother Jones, the alleged company, America First Home Mortgage, doesn’t show up in records.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that Flippo’s campaign had received a donation from a woman who died two years ago.
Flippo’s campaign told the outlet it was a “clerical error.”
Northern Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei has served the district for 15 years.
He’s kept it no secret about his thoughts on Flippo.
"Our own current representative Mark Amodei won't vote for Flippo and as recently as yesterday, called him a freight train of fraud," she said.
Benitez-Thompson is right. Amodei’s office confirmed to us that he voted for the third party candidate Lynn Chapman, for CD2.
We asked Flippo’s campaign for a response to all of these claims. They did not address them directly.
Instead they pointed to claims made in the letter to the FBI Las Vegas Office from the Washoe County GOP Chairman, Bruce Parks.
The letter does not accuse Benitez-Thompson of committing a crime or violating ethics rules. It simply wants an investigation to see if there was any wrongdoing.
During the press conference, Benitez-Thompson also shared some anti-corruption policies she would advocate for in Congress.
"I'll also work to strengthen penalties for campaign finance laws because my opponent has put a bright light on this subject," she said.
In our past reporting about the disclosure reports, Flippo’s campaign said they were willing to pay the $200 fine and would rather be right and late than early and wrong.
Other policies she mentioned were limiting congressional terms and banning government employees, elected officials and others who may have an advantage with prediction markets.
