There is a major story in the San Francisco Chronicle that alleges that Michael Kamburowksi, the Chief Operating Officer of the California Republican Party, has had a storied history with his immigration status (he is an Austrailian citizen here in the U.S. with his green card), it seemed like I should at least comment on this briefly. Especially since it is being alleged that he was at one point imprisoned, and is currently litigating against our own federal government.
As an elected officer of the State GOP (Vice Chairman, South), there are personnel issues that may be involved and so I will keep my comments brief this morning.
- Reading the Chronicle website at 7am this morning was the very first time that I had heard about any of these allegations.
- I have not yet been able to determine whether any or all of the allegations made in the story are true.
- I can assure all FR readers that Mr. Kamburowski did not disclose anything to the Board of Directors that even hinted at any of this stuff prior to our voting to retain his services.
I have reached out to CRP Chairman Ron Nehring to ascertain what he knew about any of this. Since it was probably clear to at least Kamburowski that this article was coming out in the paper today, it is telling that the CRP Board was not given any heads up…
As Matt Drudge likes to say… DEVELOPING…
(P.S. I sure hope my follow up to this piece is that the Chronicle is 100% wrong about this…)
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