The existence of the Kyle Tasker client list is still the subject of much speculation. The NH AG, as reported by the Union Leader on May 18th, doesn’t know anything about a credible list.
“I don’t know where this thing about a list is coming from,” said Attorney General Joseph Foster. “I’ve heard rumors, but as far as keeping a black book, I’ve not heard that … I’ve never heard from any credible source that (Tasker) has a list.”
But on March 18th, NH News 9 reporter Josh McElveen said that,
WMUR has learned from sources familiar with the case that after authorities arrested former state Rep. Kyle Tasker on felony drug charges, they discovered a list of potential customers, and that list may also include the names of current elected officials.
“Sources familiar with the case?” Who are these sources? The New Hampshire Democrat party? The patriot hating RINO’s working inside the NHGOP machine? Someone in the Rockingham County AG’s office with an axe to grind?
What authority tipped off Josh at WMUR? I know, he’s under no obligation to share that, and I’d never insist that he do, but all the other reporting on this story prior to May 18th, lead back to the March 18th WMUR tale.
Since May 18th, things have only gotten muddier.
WMUR revisited the story on May 18th, the same day the Union Leader reported that the State’s top cop knew nothing credible about any such list.
The same day Jack Heath–the morning talker on WGIR AM 680–reported that the Rockingham County AG has a list of names, that it is real, that it includes six House Reps and one state senator, and at least one candidate has dropped out of an election bid as a result of this list.
Who did Jack Heath get his information from?
Yes, the State Attorney General said he has no knowledge of a list from any credible source but Joe Foster is no less a creature of politics than anyone else is this tale. His statement does not make him a credible source nor does it confirm that a list does or does not exist.
To paraphrase Hillary Clinton, at this point, what difference does it make?
It is just as likely that insiders are perpetuating the illusion of a list for political advantage because it is a list that loses value should it actually materialize. As long as there is speculation that your name might be on it the less likely you are (so the thinking goes) to file for re-election, fearing it could be used against you.
So is there a list? Democrat elected “republican” Speaker Shawn Jasper doesn’t want you to run if you think your name is on this so-called list. The Democrat governor doesn’t want incumbents to run if they might be on the list.
We spoke with Dan Hynes and Aaron Dan about this yesterday morning on GrokTALK! Here’s our brief conversation on the subject.
