Attorneys for Bucks County Democrat Bob Harvie filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a political action committee and a consultant supporting his opponent, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in a high-stakes congressional contest.
This comes after what Harvie’s campaign says are repeated and false claims about his involvement in an FBI investigation. Harvie’s legal team is also disputing a new attack from the PAC that the county commissioner had an inappropriate relationship with a county employee.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, claims that Defending America PAC, Inc. and its president, Chris Pack, have sustained a “campaign to defame Harvie by repeatedly and recklessly publishing false and defamatory statements imputing criminal conduct that go beyond the bounds even of a highly contested political campaign.”
Harvie’s testimony to a grand jury in an FBI probe in 2022 has sparked a firestorm in the high-stakes race for the Bucks County-based 1st Congressional District, a seat that could help determine control of the U.S. House this fall. The lawsuit comes after Harvie’s attorneys last month sent a cease-and-desist letter over such statements to Defending America PAC, which subsequently challenged Harvie to file a lawsuit.
Last month, Fitzpatrick and his campaign also received a cease-and-desist letter from Harvie’s lawyers, but neither the Bucks County Republican nor his campaign are...
Attorneys for Bucks County Democrat Bob Harvie filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a political action committee and a consultant supporting his opponent, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpat...