Harp Unhinged.
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp’s re-election campaign either had its email hacked or has come unhinged. The campaign responded with a bizarre statement to the not-so-surprising news that federal law enforcement is taking a keen interest in the affairs of Harp’s administration.
Harp’s campaign manager, Ed Corey, concentrated his fire on Harp challenger Justin Elicker’s wife, Natalie. She’s a lawyer at the U.S. attorney’s office. Corey concludes that Natalie Elicker is the manipulative genius who connived to get her office to examine Harp and her crew. It all sounds nutty and desperate when you read it, as you can do here:
Today, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp’s Campaign Manager, Ed Corey, came out swinging back at the barrage of accusations and the impending investigation into the Harp Administration.
“It is nothing more than a political hit job by an otherwise desperate campaign,” Corey said, pointing out that Justin Elicker’s spouse, Natalie, is an Assistant U.S. Attorney working in the Trump administration.
“It is easy to surmise that certain DTC leaders coordinated with the Elicker campaign to leverage Natalie Elicker’s influence to initiate a baseless FBI investigation. It is apparent that candidate Justin Elicker had inside knowledge of the investigation into City Hall. Attorney Elicker clearly had her hand in manipulating the FBI into moving forward, which is reminiscent of the FBI’s sloppy meddling in the 2016 election. It is no surprise to me that Attorney Elicker is willing to use the same tactics that got her boss elected, to get her husband elected.
Mayor Harp has previously reaffirmed that her administration will cooperate fully in any investigation. We are confident that this baseless investigation initiated by disgruntled political opponents of the Mayor will turn up nothing.”
Corey concluded, “Justin Elicker likes to talk a lot. My question to Justin is, have you been completely honest about your record? That remains to be seen as far as I’m concerned. We’ll see what the voters think on Tuesday, September 10th.”
Harp and Elicker will face each other next month when the Democratic town committee meets to endorse a candidate.