{"id":142091,"date":"2025-03-18T17:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/former-sen-doug-jones-threatens-legal-action-against-alabama-democratic-chair\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T17:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:59:18","slug":"former-sen-doug-jones-threatens-legal-action-against-alabama-democratic-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=142091","title":{"rendered":"Former Sen. Doug Jones threatens legal action against Alabama Democratic chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The long-running internal fight among Alabama Democrats seems destined to head back to court \u2013 this time over allegations of fraud related to fundraising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last week, ADP chairman Randy Kelley, in a letter to members, warned that certain individuals, \u201cparticularly (former U.S. Sen.) Doug Jones,\u201d were \u201csoliciting money on behalf of the state party nationwide and statewide.\u201d That money, Kelley claimed, was going to support those individuals\u2019 \u201cown political agendas,\u201d and would not help the state party.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday, Jones\u2019s attorney, Barry Ragsdale, sent a letter to Kelley both denying the allegations levied against Jones and demanding that Kelley issue a retraction or face a libel lawsuit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe statements in your March 11, letter are false and you knew they were false when you wrote and published them,\u201d the letter to Kelley reads. \u201cSenator Jones is not soliciting money on behalf of the Alabama Democratic Party, nor would he consider asking potential donors to do so given the current leadership.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The letter gives Kelley five days to retract the statements or face legal action.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kelley told APR on Monday afternoon that he has \u201cno intention of retracting anything,\u201d because he doesn\u2019t believe that he was wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To support his claims, Kelley said the entire ordeal was prompted by a conversation he had with a Huntsville-area minister in which the minister said he had received a letter from Jones soliciting donations. That minister, Kelley claims, believed he was donating to the Alabama Democratic Party, not to a political action committee associated with Jones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Such PACs are common in today\u2019s political world, where top names in politics assist other like-minded politicians and groups through fundraising they control. Jones\u2019 PAC has done that for several candidates, including the recent campaign of U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, Jones told APR that the mailers and emails sent to solicit funds are always careful to identify where the funds go and that they are not going to the Alabama Democratic Party. Jones also said the last fundraising email from him went out before the end of 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kelley also sent two more recent emails that he said contained solicitations from Jones, which Kelley said could be confusing to donors. Those emails, however, were not solicitations, but were instead Substack blog posts in which Jones criticizes actions of the Trump administration. At the end of the blog posts is a donation link to support the Substack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an interview prior to Ragsdale\u2019s letter being sent, Jones said the entire ordeal could have been avoided had Kelley or an attorney representing ADP reached out to him about the email solicitations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOne phone call would have cleared this up \u2013 I could have shown them the emails and explained it and it would be clear to anyone who looked at them what it said,\u201d Jones said. \u201cInstead, he chose to do this publicly and make very, very serious allegations for absolutely no reason.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asked if he felt this was another in a long line of distracting internal fights that would simply distract from more pressing party business, Kelley said, \u201cIt\u2019s not distracting to me. I think it\u2019s important. I\u2019m happy with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running internal fight among Alabama Democrats seems destined to head back to court \u2013 this time over allegations of fraud related to fundraising.\u00a0 Last week, ADP chairman Randy Kelley, in a letter to members, warned that certain individuals, \u201cparticularly (former U.S. Sen.) 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