Bresnahan followed the disclosures law

The Congressman [Rob Bresnahan, R, PA-08] has gone above and beyond to disclose all assets as required by law. A week after learning that a far-left PAC caused Rob and his wife to receive death threats on their wedding website, another far-left PAC is now demanding that Bresnahan go beyond what is required of him by House rules to make his whereabouts publicly known. 

That’s a dangerous game, given the physical threats of violence already made against the Congressman by these far-left extremists, who are literally calling for blood. 

Those engaging and amplifying this behavior should be ashamed.

Pierce Frauenheim

Chief of staff, Rep. Rob Bresnahan

Washington, D.C.

The point of a congressman’s financial statement

First, please note that Congressman Bresnahan has operated, and will continue to operate, in full compliance with all applicable federal campaign finance and ethics laws. 

While the media would prefer that every personal detail of the Congressman’s entire life story be splayed across the personal financial statement for all to tear apart and question, that’s simply not the purpose of the document. 

Personal financial statements filed by Members of Congress and candidates are not intended to cover every detail of a person’s financial picture, or the businesses which they own. 

As a successful business owner and entrepreneur, Congressman Bresnahan has a variety of business interests. RPB Ventures, LLC is one such business, and the Congressman’s position with this business is reported on the Congressman’s personal financial disclosure. The helicopter is a business asset of RPB Ventures, LLC. 

Business assets are not personal assets, and thus not reportable in this particular instance. Therefore, as stated, it is not just incorrect, it is defamatory and an egregious lie to allege that Congressman Bresnahan violated federal law by failing to disclose an asset he does not personally own.

Jessica Furst Johnson

Counsel to Rep. Rob Bresnahan

Washington, D.C. 

[Ed. note: The above letters were written in response to  an End Citizens United press release, viewable here.]