Scott Peters, of course, was the Democrat who managed to win in 2014 when last-minute accusations against opponent Carl DeMaio surfaced in the final days of the election. Funny how that happened, huh? Anyway, it should shock none of you to hear that those accusations were complete and utter [expletive deleted]:
But the final weeks of the campaign focused to a large degree on allegations made by a former DeMaio staff member. His campaign never recovered, and DeMaio blamed his defeat on the charges and the Peters campaign’s alleged role in spreading them.
On Friday, the ex-staffer admitted in federal court that he lied when he claimed to have gotten anonymous emails threatening that he would never work again in politics if he revealed things about DeMaio.
Todd Bosnich, 29, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice by lying to the FBI about the emails. Until Friday, it was not known publicly that the federal government was investigating the emails.
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