Herschel Walker endured a series of scandals in the lead-up to his loss to incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in one of the most bitter, hard-fought campaigns of the 2022 midterm cycle.
Six months later, Walker’s decision to run for Senate is still causing him headaches. Perhaps none bigger than what’s been revealed by Roger Sollenberger of The Daily Beast.
New emails show that Walker solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars for his own businesses from billionaire Dennis Washington, and Washington thought that money was going to Walker’s Senate campaign.
“It was something campaign finance experts are calling ‘unprecedented,’ ‘stunning,’ and ‘jaw-dropping.'” Sollenberger wrote. “Walker wasn’t just asking for donations to his campaign; he was soliciting hundreds of thousands of dollars for his own personal company—a company that he never disclosed on his financial statements.”
The email, verified by “a person with knowledge of the exchanges,” show that Walker asked for $535,200 to be directly wired to his undisclosed company, HR Talent, LLC.
Saurav Ghosh, director of federal reform at Campaign Legal Center, called the arrangement “jaw-dropping” in an interview with the Daily Beast.
If Walker “used the campaign to funnel money into his own business, that’s one of the biggest campaign finance crimes I’ve ever heard of,” Brendan Fischer, a campaign finance lawyer and executive director of Documented,” told the outlet. He went on to call the allegations “stunning and, to my knowledge, without parallel in recent history.”
Walker has yet to comment on the new bombshell revelations officially.
