Proft heads an anti-Pritzker political committee, which is not supposed to coordinate its spending activities with Bailey’s campaign.
was cited by the Illinois State Board of Elections for illegal coordination with candidates.
But around mid-September, Corrigan left Bailey’s campaign — whether he was fired or left on his own is a matter of dispute, his attorney said. Corrigan now serves a similar role for GOP attorney general candidate Tom DeVore, whose campaign Corrigan joined almost immediately after leaving Bailey’s. During those negotiations, Proft weighed in, apparently in an effort to quash the filing of a possible lawsuit in the matter that could become public and hurt Bailey’s chances.
“Scott. Dan Proft. Can you give me a call?” began a message to Kaspar. Kaspar replied, “Hi Dan. What is this concerning?” Proft replied, “The rumors I’m hearing about some complaint you’re planning on filing against Bailey.”After a period of time, Proft texted “And?” to the lawyer. Kaspar continued to be nonresponsive, prompting Proft to text, “OK then. Go ahead. Please file it.”
Given the confidential nature of the negotiations with Bailey’s campaign, Kaspar said he didn’t know where Proft learned of the matter. But after being contacted by Proft, Kaspar said, “My initial thought was that he wanted to intimidate me.”
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