“Oops! Dems Seize On GOP Lawyer’s Apparent Slip On Poll Watcher Call”

Tierney Sneed for TPM:

In legal action claiming that the Republican National Committee was illegally engaged in ballot security activities, Democrats are pointing to a conference call in which a Republican operative mentioned that certain GOP ballot security initiatives in Virginia were being handled by the RNC, before quickly walking the comment back.

“I’ve got the folks RNC has hired on — um, to help them with…,” Virginia Republican Party General Counsel Chris Marston allegedly said, according to a transcript of a poll worker training conference call filed in court by the Democratic National Committee Thursday.

“I’m sorry. The RNC is not doing anything related to Election Day operations,” Marston went on to say with laughter, according to the transcript. The DNC, nonetheless, argued that the comment indicated “the RNC’s involvement and obfuscation.

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