Wisconsin Republican claims campaign ad defamed him — and sues TV stations
Raw StoryWisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde has filed a lawsuit against several local television stations for running an ad from a Democratic political action committee. Politico's Newsletter reported in March that during an unsuccessful Senate run in 2012, Hovde disclosed that he had assets of at least $50 million in insurance companies based in Bermuda, "benefitting from not having to pay U.S. corporate taxes," said Politico at the time. While the ads aired on WLUK-TV Fox 11, they are not named in the suit, only parent company Sinclair Broadcasting is mentioned "for allegations against WVTV-TV in Milwaukee," the WTAQ report said. “The Stations had knowledge that the The PAC behind the ad, WinSenate told the network, “There is absolutely nothing false about the claims in this The liberal PAC American Bridge also sounded the alarm about "hedge funds that stashed hundreds of millions of dollars in the Cayman Islands."
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