FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: September 30, 2020

**CONTACT**: Jason Savage ([email protected]
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**GIDEON PAC BANK RECORDS TO BE REVIEWED BY MAINE ETHICS COMMISSION**

AUGUSTA-- Despite protest by Sara Gideon's lawyer, the Maine Ethics
Commission will review Gideon Leadership PAC bank records after more
than $3,200 in unreported expenditures through her corporate-funded PAC.

This is not an isolated incident for Speaker Sara Gideon, who has also
been fined by the Maine Ethics Commission for her illegal "straw-donor"
scheme, where she made political donations to federal candidates in her
own name, then reimbursed herself from her corporate-funded PAC.

The Gideon Leadership PAC received the largest "adjustment" in the
history of the Maine Ethics Commission just before Gideon launched her
U.S. Senate Campaign. The focus of today's hearing was on more than
$3,000 in Facebook ads that went unreported, including ads that attacked
Senator Susan Collins, that reached over 500,000 Mainers.

"Throughout her time in Augusta, Sara Gideon has shown a pattern of
unethical behavior with her corporate-funded PAC," said Chair Dr. Demi
Kouzounas. "Once again the Maine Ethics Commission has taken issue with
her misuse of funds and wrongful reporting. Sara Gideon continues to try
every play in the book to illegally influence Maine politics, and we
will not stand idly by and let that happen."

"We look forward to the findings in the investigation of Gideon's
Leadership PAC. The people of Maine deserve a look into how Sara
Gideon's shady PAC has operated over the last several year. Until then,
we will continue to expose her brazen ethics violations at the state and
federal levels."

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