Rep. Mike Lawler Defends Keeping Donation From Rep. Max Miller

CNN A Republican lawmaker wouldn’t commit to returning campaign cash he got from a MAGA congressman accused of domestic violence.

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Mike Lawler of New York put up a fight against CNN’s Dana Bash when grilled on whether he would return $10,000 he received from Rep.

Max Miller of Ohio, who is facing allegations of hurting his ex-wife Emily Moreno and their two-year-old daughter.

Lawler’s campaign previously told Politico that he had no plans to return the money.

Instead, he shifted the spotlight to his Democratic opponent Cait Conley for attending a fundraiser hosted by Eliot Spitzer, a former New York governor who resigned amid a prostitution scandal.

Lawler, 39, doubled down on his defense after Bash asked on Thursday why he wouldn’t return the cash.

“Well, first of all, there’s been a lot of allegations leveled.

I know Max very well.

I’ve talked to him personally over the last two years about this very difficult family situation.

It’s tragic.

I don’t think anybody disagrees about that,” he said.

“This is something that should play out in family court.

I think the fact that some of the media and my Democratic colleagues have tried to turn it into a spectacle and use this situation for political points is wrong,” Lawler went on before rehashing his Conley attack.