Forest Flashbacks: Forest’s Biggest Donor Gets 7 Years in Prison

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, August 21, 2020
CONTACT: Liz Doherty

RALEIGH — Forest Flashbacks aims to provide a snapshot of Dan Forest’s week in review. Here are the toplines from this week:

Dan Forest’s Biggest Donor Gets Seven Years in Prison for Trying to Bribe an Elected Official

Forest’s biggest donor, Greg Lindberg, was sentenced to spend seven years in prison and pay a $35,000 fine for trying to bribe an elected official with up to $2 million in campaign contributions.
Cooper for NC launched WhatsDanHiding.com, highlighting the ties between Forest and his largest donor, earlier this year.

Dan Forest Fails Students & Teachers as Unprecedented School Year Begins

As an unprecedented school year begins and students start classes, Dan Forest has set a precedent for not showing up for students and teachers.
As of July 15th, Dan Forest has missed 50% State Board of Education meetings since the start of the pandemic, nearly 200 Senate sessions in 5 years, and over 80% of State Community College Board meetings.

Pod Save America Hosts React to “Clever” Cooper for NC Ad on Forest’s Anti-Masks Stance

Pod Save America campaign experts and former Obama campaign staffers, Dan Pfeiffer and David Axelrod, react to Cooper for NC’s ad attacking Dan Forest on his refusal to wear a mask in the midst of a pandemic, calling it “clever.”

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