ICYMI: J.R. Majewski and Madison Gesiotto Gilbert Fail to File Key Financial Disclosures
August 5, 2022
Columbus, OH — In case you missed it, the Ohio Capital Journal is out with an important question for two Trump-endorsed radical Republicans running for Congress: Where are the financial disclosures? It turns out both January 6th participant and QAnon supporter J.R. Majewski and carpetbagger Madison Gesiotto Gilbert who bought three Ohio homes just to run have failed to file legally required financial documents after each raising hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“Financial disclosures reveal, in general terms at least, how candidates make money, where they’re employed, how they invest, and what kind of debt they’re carrying. As candidates stake out their positions, these financial details can shed light on why they might adopt a particular posture as well as support — or undermine — their claims. Neither Majewski nor Gilbert’s campaign responded to requests for comment about their tardy disclosures,” writes Nick Evans for Ohio Capital Journal.
“Extremists J.R. Majewski and Madison Gesiotto Gilbert like to tout out-of-touch conspiracy theories, but here are the facts: they’re both trying to skirt ethics laws by failing to file even the most basic of information about their personal financial background and dealings. It leaves Ohio voters to wonder, do they have something to hide or are their campaigns not ready for primetime?” said Ohio Democratic Party spokesperson Matt Keyes.
Read more on the missing information here and below:
- A raft of candidates running for Ohio congressional seats this year have so far failed to file financial disclosures with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- [T}wo names stick out — both for the amount they’ve raised and the competitiveness of their races — Donald Trump-endorsed Republicans J.R. Majewski and Madison Gesiotto Gilbert.
- Under the Ethics in Government Act, congressional candidates have to file financial disclosures detailing their income, assets and liabilities once they’ve raised or spent $5,000 in a given cycle. The deadline to file those reports was in May.
- The two Republicans who have failed to file — J.R. Majewski and Madison Gesiotto Gilbert — measure theirs in hundreds of thousands. Majewski has cleared half a million dollars and Gilbert is closing in on $1 million.
- Financial disclosures reveal, in general terms at least, how candidates make money, where they’re employed, how they invest, and what kind of debt they’re carrying. As candidates stake out their positions, these financial details can shed light on why they might adopt a particular posture as well as support — or undermine — their claims.
- Neither Majewski nor Gilbert’s campaign responded to requests for comment about their tardy disclosures.
- Missing the deadline for filing a financial disclosure comes with a $200 fine. According to the Ethics in Government Act, outright failure to file could land you in federal court. Under its provisions, the Attorney General can pursue such cases and the court can levy a civil penalty of any amount it chooses up to $50,000.
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