Foundation for Government Accountability Drafts March 2023 Missouri Secretary of State Op-ed
Published on January 5, 2024Email communications between Matthew Alsager, Missouri Secretary of State's Director of Legislation and Public Affairs, and Eric Bledsoe, the Foundation for Government Accountability's (FGA) Senior Fellow, reveal FGA ghostwriting an op-ed for Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. On March 8, 2023 Bledsoe passed along a draft op-ed for Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on the topic of ESG.
On March 28, 2023 Bledsoe sent Ashcroft's office the "full edited version" of the op-ed the National Review had sent to FGA. The National Review ultimately published the opinion piece on March 29, 2023, listing Secretary of State Jay Aschroft as the sole author.
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