Former FEC Chairman Blast JI's Complaint Against WWE

A former Federal Election Commission chairman hired by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon says the complaint the Journal Inquirer filed with the FEC against the company McMahon co-founded, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., is “frivolous” and “utterly baseless.”

“The idea that an American corporation cannot seek a retraction from a newspaper for allegedly publishing libelous statements about the corporation without violating federal election laws is ludicrous,” the lawyer, Michael Toner, said in a statement released Monday by the McMahon campaign.

Toner, who also has served as chief counsel to the Republican National Committee, general counsel to the 2000 Bush-Cheney presidential campaign, and counsel to the 1996 Dole-Kemp presidential campaign, added that the JI’s complaint doesn’t contain any allegations against the McMahon campaign.

“If the FEC names the McMahon campaign as a respondent in this matter, the campaign looks forward to filing a response and having the FEC promptly dismiss the complaint,” he said.

source: journalinquirer.com