He maintains that his public involvement with Progressive Victory was limited to fundraising and promoting events, and he denies any role as a founder or recipient of a slush fund.

“I never even worked with PV. There's a reason why my name isn't on any of the filings. My name is not on I didn't I didn't move from one to I never was paid by Progressive Victory. I only I just I promoted their canvasing events because it was something I supported.”