Herschel Walker’s wife attempted to profit off his Senate campaign: report
06 April 2023
The wife of former Georgia Senate Republican candidate Herschel Walker attempted to profit off his election campaign, according to a new report.
The Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger reports that the former NFL star's wife, Julie Blanchard, "quickly became his Senate bid’s most vocal champion, only changing her tune after she saw an opportunity to turn a tidy personal profit from official campaign business."
According to the report, Blanchard had a plan that would enable her to earn a commission of media buys for the election.
"Blanchard’s plan, according to these campaign sources, was to collect a commission from the campaign’s media buys," Sollenberger wrote. "Essentially, these sources said, Blanchard believed she could strike an agreement with a media company that employed a friend of hers — and then collect a percentage of the profit through a private agreement."
Speaking to The Daily Beast, a former adviser shared details on the inner workings of Walker's campaign. Weighing in on the condition of anonymity, the staff member said, “It was clear from that point that Julie was going to be in charge.”
The adviser added, “The dangerous thing is she had no idea about what the f*** she was doing. She’s also got the worst political instincts of anyone I’ve ever met, and that’s a dangerous combination. It was clear she was just motivated by, ‘How can I control it? What are the ways I can make money?’”
However, sources also indicated that Blanchard's plan was not executed successfully.
"Blanchard’s gambit never came to fruition, these sources said, largely because the campaign shot down her attempts to carry out the scheme, but also because she never struck an agreement with the media company," he wrote.
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