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Articles about Bobby Charles
A Complaint Says Bobby Charles's Campaign Took 46 Contributions Over Maine's Legal Limit, Totaling More Than $25,600. His Campaign Admits Some Supporters Gave Too Much.
A complaint to Maine's ethics commission says Bobby Charles's campaign reported 46 contributions over the $2,075 limit, totaling more than $25,600. His campaign says some supporters gave too much and the money is being returned.
Bobby Charles Stood Behind a Sign Saying Hannah Pingree Funneled $37,458 to Her Husband's Film. He Had No Proof, and the Group That Got the Money Says It's False.
At a Rockland news conference, Bobby Charles accused his Democratic opponent of steering state grant money to her husband's climate film. He admitted he had only requested the records that morning. The Island Institute, which got the grant, said 'That allegation is false.'
As the Mark Foley Scandal Engulfed Dennis Hastert, Bobby Charles Defended Him by Praising His Years as a 'Revered High School Wrestling Coach'
In 2006, when House leaders were accused of ignoring warnings about Rep. Mark Foley and teenage pages, Bobby Charles wrote an op-ed defending Speaker Dennis Hastert's 'commitment to education and kids.' Hastert later admitted abusing boys he coached. Asked about it, Charles's campaign didn't address the op-ed.
Byron Donalds, Ashley Moody and Maria Elvira Salazar Championed Alligator Alcatraz. Federal Inspectors Found It Confined 79 People in Metal Cages About Four Feet Wide.
The Homeland Security inspector general found Florida's Everglades detention camp held 79 detainees in small metal enclosures with about 18 square feet of floor space. Byron Donalds called the camp a 'blueprint for other states' — and now calls investigating it 'busy work.'
Bobby Charles Says Lobbyists Give Money Because 'You're Going to Buy a Favor.' He Ran a Lobbying Firm That Took $512,000 From Companies Caught Doing Exactly That.
Charles is running for governor of Maine on rooting out fraud, waste, and no-bid contracts. Maine Beacon found his own firm lobbied for MZM Inc., whose CEO pleaded guilty to bribing a congressman, while MZM held a no-bid Pentagon contract worth up to $250 million.
Bobby Charles Says He'll Ask Trump's Border Czar to Put ICE Agents at Maine's Voting Booths. Federal Law Makes That a Crime.
On August 20 in Arundel, Charles told young Republicans he'd call Tom Homan and ask for ICE agents and marshals at Maine polling places. The same day, in Gorham, he told reporters he doesn't know Donald Trump and has never met him.
Bobby Charles Says His Federal Record Qualifies Him to Fix Maine. More Than a Dozen Audits Found the Bureau He Ran Couldn't Account for Billions.
Charles built his campaign on 18 months running the State Department bureau that trained police in Iraq and Afghanistan. A 2005 audit of that exact tenure called his front office 'structurally dysfunctional.' His answer was to call the reporting fake news.
Maine's Ethics Commission Opened an Investigation Into an Anonymous Site Attacking Bobby Charles's Rival. His Campaign Admits Building Two Others.
Thirteen days before the Republican primary, Maine's ethics commission voted 4-0 to find out who paid for midgleyexposed.com. The Charles campaign denies that one — while confirming under oath it built two other attack sites against its own primary opponents.
Bobby Charles Built His Campaign on Telling a Somali-Born Maine Lawmaker She Isn't Really American
A right-wing account clipped four words from a 2022 interview. Bobby Charles turned it into roughly 20 posts, a petition demanding a state representative apologize or resign, and eventually a campaign plan to stop the 'Islamification' of Maine.
Bobby Charles Made an Ad Promising to Cut Your Property Taxes. He Doesn't Use the Tax Break Maine Already Offers.
Charles built a campaign ad around raising Maine's homestead exemption. More than 327,000 Mainers claim that break every year. His own town says he hasn't since moving back — and his campaign still can't say how he'd pay to expand it.