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Dominion CEO says company failed to vet secretive anti-Youngkin PAC it donated to, asks for $200,000
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Dominion CEO says company failed to vet secretive anti-Youngkin PAC it donated to, asks for $200,000 back
BY PATRICK WILSON Richmond Times-Dispatch | Oct 18, 2021 Updated 40 min ago
Dominion Energy's CEO sent an email to company employees Monday morning saying the company's political action committee had failed to properly vet an anti-Glenn Youngkin PAC it gave large donations to, and is asking for its money back.
The email came following news reports this weekend by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Axios that Dominion had donated $200,000 to a PAC that appears to be aligned with Democrats but is attacking Youngkin, the GOP nominee for governor, from the right on gun issues, creating the appearance that conservatives aren't happy with Youngkin. The ads are running in rural areas of the state that support Youngkin in an attempt to lower voter turnout for him.
Blue told employees the company has a long history of transparent and bipartisan political giving.
"This weekend we were reminded that going above and beyond in transparency is necessary but not sufficient. Based on our own disclosures, two news stories highlighted activities of the Accountability Virginia PAC that we would not approve or knowingly support," he wrote.
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This is a developing story and will be updated.
pwilson@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6061
Twitter: @patrickmwilson
Dominion CEO says company failed to vet secretive anti-Youngkin PAC it donated to, asks for $200,000 back
BY PATRICK WILSON Richmond Times-Dispatch | Oct 18, 2021 Updated 40 min ago
Dominion Energy's CEO sent an email to company employees Monday morning saying the company's political action committee had failed to properly vet an anti-Glenn Youngkin PAC it gave large donations to, and is asking for its money back.
The email came following news reports this weekend by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Axios that Dominion had donated $200,000 to a PAC that appears to be aligned with Democrats but is attacking Youngkin, the GOP nominee for governor, from the right on gun issues, creating the appearance that conservatives aren't happy with Youngkin. The ads are running in rural areas of the state that support Youngkin in an attempt to lower voter turnout for him.
Blue told employees the company has a long history of transparent and bipartisan political giving.
"This weekend we were reminded that going above and beyond in transparency is necessary but not sufficient. Based on our own disclosures, two news stories highlighted activities of the Accountability Virginia PAC that we would not approve or knowingly support," he wrote.
{snip}
This is a developing story and will be updated.
pwilson@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6061
Twitter: @patrickmwilson
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