Republican State Rep. Dave Williams said Congressman Doug Lamborn is making false claims about him in a political ad and is asking the District Attorney in El Paso County to investigate.
Williams, the first Latino elected to House District 15, is one of three Republicans running against Lamborn for the GOP nomination in the 5th congressional district. The district includes Colorado Springs and its suburbs.
In a letter sent on Friday, June 10, to District Attorney Michael Allen in the 4th Judicial District, Williams alleges that Lamborn’s campaign violated a Colorado law that makes it a crime to knowingly make false statements in political campaigns….“designed to affect the vote on any issue submitted to the electors at any election or relating to any candidate for election to public office.”
“We have received information from the Williams campaign. That information is under review,” said Howard Black, the Director of Communications for Colorado’s Fourth Judicial District.
The Lamborn campaign did not return a message seeking comment.
Williams alleges that ads running on television and radio that claim Williams was fired by former President Donald Trump's Colorado campaign and that he introduced a bill at the statehouse to divert dollars from traffic violation funds away from local police to help “pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood and groups supporting defund the police like “Black Lives Matter” are lies.
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