Contact: Jonathon Moseley, 703-656-1230

FAIRFAX, Va., June 14, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Melanie Sloan, the attorney who filed criminal charges against Christine O'Donnell during the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Delaware, has been charged with lying to prosecutors, the Federal Election Commission, and the public.

A complaint filed with the D.C. Bar by attorney Jonathon Moseley chronicles how Melanie Sloan's accusations against Christine O'Donnell are false and Sloan knew it. Sloan lied to the FEC, prosecutors, and the public "in the course of representing a client" which is prohibited by D.C. Bar Rule 4.1(a) and Rule 3.3(a).

The complaint can be found in full:
www.JonMoseley.com/ODonnell.html

Melanie Sloan's complaint, sworn under oath, relies on David Keegan as Sloan's source. Sloan admits that her complaint is about O'Donnell's campaign expenses in 2009 and 2010, but also admits she knew David Keegan left O'Donnell's campaign in 2008.

Sloan could not swear under oath to accusations about 2009 and 2010 using a 2008 campaign worker as her source.

Sloan claims to have reviewed O'Donnell's FEC reports, which reveal that Keegan loaned Christine O'Donnell's 2008 campaign $2,300 on July 25, 2008 (paid back August 1, 2008). Keegan would not have loaned $2,300 of his own money if he had actually seen evidence of financial irregularities.

Sloan's complaint also claims that O'Donnell's campaign expenses in 2009 could not have been proper because, as Sloan asserts, "Miss O'Donnell was not a candidate for anything in 2009."

But, in fact, O'Donnell filed her Statement of Candidacy on March 20, 2009, which is only required after a candidate raises or spends more than $5,000 for the current election cycle (not including paying down debts from a previous campaign.) O'Donnell bought campaign software on January 8, 2009, and told Delaware radio station WDEL on February 13, 2009, that she was preparing a campaign for the 2010 U.S. Senate election.

Thus, O'Donnell had a valid campaign purpose for 2009 expenses, including travel to and meetings in Washington, D.C. around the same time donors gave to her campaign.

Sloan's complaint also accused Christine O'Donnell of living at 248 Presidential Drive, Wilmington, Delaware, and paying with campaign funds. 248 Presidential Drive is the office of Mid-Atlantic Realty. No one lives there.

O'Donnell arranged a different townhouse as her headquarters, because it was cheaper and saved on hotels for visitors. For privacy as a single woman, O'Donnell used that townhouse as a mail drop, not where she lived.