GOP Candidate Reported His Own False Filing to Feds

“Dan Cox, the rightwinger who lost the Maryland governor’s race last year, has been telling the press that he doesn’t know who was behind a July 3 statement of candidacy in his name. He even said he alerted the Federal Election Commission to the matter,” the Daily Beast reports.

“It should be a short investigation: The person was the treasurer Cox had hired to do just that.”

“The Daily Beast has obtained emails and text messages that show Cox planned a congressional bid since at least mid-June.”