A lawyer representing Republican lieutenant governor nominee John Reid sent a cease-and-desist letter Monday to Spirit of Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s political action committee. The letter directed the PAC’s executive director, Matt Moran, to “retract all defamatory statements made to the press and that you, Spirit of Virginia, its agents, and its affiliates cease and desist from making, releasing, or otherwise disseminating false and defamatory statements regarding Mr. Reid to any person, organization, or platform in the future.”
The letter also instructed Moran and all associated entities to preserve all communications with Graham Moomaw, who first reported Youngkin’s call to Reid in The Richmonder, as well as communications with Virginia Scope.
The letter comes less than four days after Youngkin asked Reid to withdraw following the discovery of a Tumblr account featuring explicit photos that used the same username as Reid’s Instagram and alleged TikTok accounts. None of the pictures showed Reid himself; they were reposted images of other men.
Moran did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night.
The Tumblr account was uncovered during a vulnerability assessment commissioned by Republican groups after Reid became the nominee. It used the same handle Reid employs on other platforms and featured explicit content reposted from other sources.
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