PR firm helped Whelan stoke half-baked Kavanaugh alibi
Source: Politico
CRC Public Relations, a powerhouse conservative firm, guided Ed Whelan on a bad Twitter adventure.
By ELIANA JOHNSON 09/21/2018 04:47 PM EDT
It turns out that the Keystone Cops detective work by conservative legal activist Ed Whelan — which set Washington abuzz with the promise of exonerating Brett Kavanaugh, only to be met by mockery and then partially retracted — was not his handiwork alone.
CRC Public Relations, the prominent Alexandria, Virginia-based PR firm, guided Whelan through his rollercoaster week of Twitter pronouncements that ended in embarrassment and potentially a setback for Kavanaugh’s hopes of landing on the high court, according to three sources familiar with their dealings.
After suggesting on Twitter Tuesday that he had obtained information that would exculpate Kavanaugh from sexual assault allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford, Whelan worked over the next 48 hours with CRC and its president Greg Mueller to stoke the anticipation. A longtime friend of Kavanaugh’s, Whelan teased his forthcoming reveal — even as he refused to discuss it with other colleagues and close friends, a half dozen of them said. At the same time, he told them he was absolutely confident the information he had obtained would exculpate the judge.
The hype ping-ponged from Republicans on Capitol Hill to Kavanaugh’s team in the White House, evidence of an extraordinarily successful public relations campaign that ultimately backfired when Whelan’s theory — complete with architectural drawings and an alleged Kavanaugh doppelgänger — landed with a thud on Twitter Thursday evening. ..............................
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