September 11, 2014 10:51 AM

Abbott campaign files sworn complaint with the TEC over Davis book tour

Davis campaign says the whole thing is a “frivolous stunt” designed to distract from Davis’ personal story

Ratcheting things up a notch from Monday’s request for an opinion from the Texas Ethics Commission about Sen. Wendy Davis’ book tour, Attorney General Greg Abbott’s campaign manager on Thursday filed a sworn complaint with the TEC.

In the complaint, which the campaign publicized in a press release, Campaign Manager Wayne Hamilton said that Davis “converted political contributions to her personal use in violation of Election Code Section 253.035.”

The complaint also said that a trip to New York this week was paid for by Sen. Davis’ campaign but primarily devoted to promoting her recently-released memoir, the sales of which profit her personally.

This move comes after Hamilton on Monday asked the Ethics Commission to weigh in on the legality of the book tour as it relates to the promotion of Davis’ book in which she reveals two medically necessary abortions she had in the 1990’s. As you may know, Davis traveled to New York to promote the book on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.

By Scott Braddock