CINCINNATI, Ohio—Attorneys for Jean Schmidt
petitioned the court Thursday to add a new claim after dropping
four of her initial false statement charges against her
Democratic opponent David Krikorian.
“Jean and her friends at
the Turkish Legal Defense Fund are on a fishing expedition” said
Krikorian “First she brought the charges, then she realized that
she could not win her case and petitioned the court to drop the
charges, now she is adding a new one. Typical Jean Schmidt
behavior, it’s a shame she is not putting forward this kind of
effort on the health care debate” said Krikorian.
The statements Schmidt
claimed were false are in relation to her denial of the Armenian
Genocide. In dropping the charges, Schmidt essentially conceded
that she does deny the Armenian Genocide.
Jean Schmidt took more
money from the Turkish Lobby during the 2008 election cycle than
any other member of Congress. “Being #1 on the Turkish Lobby
scoreboard has financial advantages for Jean, but what does it
do for our district?” asked Krikorian adding, “We look forward
to the full commission hearing in a few weeks.”
A total of five false
statement claims will be heard at a full commission hearing on
September 3rd at the Ohio Elections Commission in Columbus.
In a related matter, The
Cincinnati Enquirer which endorsed Jean Schmidt in the previous
election is continuing to protect her with its online story
about today’s case emphasizing her new charge and downplaying
the fact that she dropped four of her initial frivolous claims.
The Enquirer changed its article after the campaign challenged
their first edition. The editors of the Enquirer have
consistently protected Representative Schmidt to the detriment
of the citizens of the 2nd district. The phone number for the
Enquirer’s editorial department is (513) 768-8359.
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