A Democrat representative who is now running for office Senate in the battleground state of Michigan He faces investigation over a limited liability company he started in 2017, just weeks before announcing his Congress bid.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., In 2017, a few weeks before announcing that she was running for Congress to unseat an incumbent Republican, she founded an LLC called Pinpoint Consulting. According to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, the business is “not in good standing” as of 2020.
The last annual report for the business was filed in 2019.
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It appears that Representative Elissa Slotkin’s LLC, which was started before her Congressional bid, never generated any income. (Getty Images)
Slotkin’s campaign website, ElissaForCongress.com, said in an October 2017 interview, “I am a third-generation Michigander and I spent my early life on a farm in Holly, Michigan, where I currently live and a small consulting business. I run a business.” Archive snapshot.
In an ad launched by End Citizens United in May 2018 advocating for Slotkin, the organization claimed, “She is a small business owner in Holly.”
In a financial disclosure report filed with the House Clerk in August 2023, Slotkin is still listed as the founder and CEO of Pinpoint Consulting. However, a comment on the document states, “The business has been inactive since 2017 and does not generate any income/revenue.”
Slotkin’s campaign did not state whether it ever had any subscribers, revenue or employees. The congresswoman’s various disclosures do not reveal any income from her firm at any time.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for her said, “Rep. Slotkin founded a consulting firm after leaving the Department of Defense while she was considering several different job opportunities. She eventually ran for Congress. “Decided to run for.”
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Slotkin served as a Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense According to his official biography, as of January 2017. The LLC was established with the State of Michigan on June 21, 2017. By July 10, he had announced his campaign for Congress to unseat then-Republican Representative Mike Bishop.
Financial disclosures listed Slotkin’s business as inactive since the year it was founded. (Reuters/Jeff Kowalski)
His campaign also pointed to comments he made to local outlets in May 2018 Lansing City Pulse, Slotkin said of her departure from DOD at the time, “I was looking for my next step after being in the government for 14 years and I was asked to do some work on an Iraq-related matter.” “Every time there’s been some kind of change in my life, I’ve come back to Michigan to reset, to figure out what’s going on. That’s where I always come back to figure out I wonder what my next steps are.”
But some critics don’t think the company’s inaction and apparent inaction can be explained so easily.
Jason Cabell Roe, who led the Congressional Leadership Fund’s effort to support Bishop in the 2018 race, said, “She was running against an incumbent member of Congress in a Republican-leaning district and … everyone was talking about small businesses. Was wrapping his arms around me”. ,
“What he tried to do in 2018 was to make himself look like a moderate Republican to Republican voters who didn’t like Donald Trump,” he said.
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Mike Bishop was defeated by Elissa Slotkin in 2018 when she promoted her consulting business Pinpoint Consulting. (Getty Images)
Roe explained that business was “a discussion topic she broached in 2018. But once she was elected, I’m sure she never talked about it again after 2019.”
Slotkin’s business has not been mentioned in his Senate campaign. It is not even included in his official biography. “I mean, it’s not worth investigating,” Roe said.
“Elissa Slotkin created a consulting business on paper so she could call herself a small business owner when she ran for Congress,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesperson Maggie Abboud told Fox News Digital in a statement. “
“However, it does not appear he ever actually had any clients. Slotkin’s misrepresentation of his experience in business could be a major issue for his campaign,” he said.
Dixon criticized Slotkin, calling him a ‘fake’. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee did not provide comment to Fox News Digital in time for publication.
Slotkin is considered the front-runner for the Democratic Senate nomination to replace outgoing Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow in Michigan. Actor Hill Harper is also running for the nomination, but is far behind the congresswoman in polls and support in the primary race. Additionally, a Lebanese-born businessman from Dearborn is also running. Nasser Beydoun, an advocate for Gaza citizens amid the war between Israel and Hamas, was most recently president of the Arab American Civil Rights League in Michigan, which has one of the largest Arab populations in any state.
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The Senate primary in Michigan will be held on August 6. The general election race is considered competitive by non-partisan political parties. cook political reportWhich gave it “Lean Democratic” status.
On the Republican side, the potential nominee is less clear. However, former Representative Mike Rogers claims the endorsement of former President Trump, giving him the edge. Former representatives Peter Meijer and Justin Amash are also in the race, as well as businessman Sandy Pensler, who was previously endorsed by former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
