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BRIEF PRO SE AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITIONER

SUBMITTED BY: JAKE PORTER

Summary

Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos was investigated and unjustly ousted from her position by Libertarian National Committee board members, including a chair, who are embroiled in undisclosed conflicts of interest. This brief will demonstrate why the judicial committee should restore Harlos to her elected position post haste.

This brief examines three conflicts of interest board members who held a role in the investigation and suspension of Harlos and why the judicial committee must not allow the board to continue to retaliate against Secretary Harlos for doing the job the delegates elected her to do. Additionally, this brief shows examples of how both Secretary Harlos and former Treasurer Todd Hagopian have been retaliated against for their opposition to the Kennedy fundraising committee and therefore their appeal of the judicial committee relating to the Kennedy fundraising committee.

Chair Angela McArdle

Collusion to keep LP Presidential Nominee off Colorado ballot

Chair McArdle became enraged when Secretary Harlos put Libertarian Party nominee Chase Oliver on the Colorado ballot. Despite initially leading the LNC to believe otherwise, McArdle went so far as to try to remove Oliver from the Colorado ballot as can be found in public e-mails released from the Colorado Secretary of State.

According to leaked messages, McArdle encouraged people to support the Colorado LP placing RFK Jr. on the ballot instead of Oliver. Additionally, McArdle attacked our Presidential nominee in the process of doing so.

One potential reason why the Chair may have wanted the Colorado Libertarian Party to put RFK Jr. on the ballot and not party nominee Chase Oliver is from the FEC website under Coordinated Party Expenditures.

It is outside of the scope of this brief and my expertise to discuss the legality of the Kennedy joint fundraising committee.