Police said Monday that they’ve found no evidence to show there was a “whispering campaign” against late gubernatorial candidate and Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich (R).
Schweich committed suicide last month just as he was about to publicly accuse the state’s Republican Party chairman, John Hancock, of telling people that he was Jewish. Schweich was an Episcopalian with Jewish heritage and believed Hancock was spreading misinformation about his faith in order to hobble him among evangelical Christian voters in the gubernatorial primary.
Hancock has denied those allegations. Clayton, Mo. Police Lt. Don Bass told local TV station KMOX on Monday that police have found no evidence of those rumors, either.
“With everything that was brought to our attention, there’s no substance to the whispering campaign,” Bass said.
Bass told the news station that nothing police have turned up in interviews or Schweich’s correspondence indicates that the late auditor was a target of threats or bullying.
In a separate interview with the Associated Press, Bass said “I think everybody’s looking for a rational reason for an irrational act … but right now we’re not finding anything.”
He also confirmed that Schweich’s death was a suicide, although police had found “no clear motive” yet.
Police investigator says he can find no evidence of that which is obvious to people with eyes and ears.
That’s why it’s called a whispering campaign. It’s designed to not leave any traces. But as we all know, when there is smoke there is fire…especially when Atwater/Rove wantabe GOP operatives are involved.
And why are the police involved in this? Do they think someone gave Schweich the gun and told him to take the bullet for Hancock?
Maybe James O’Keffe caught something on tape while he was interviewing Schweich that morning dressed like the ghost of Zimmerman’s Ann Frank?
“I haven’t heard anything about a whisper campaign. Have you?” “Eh? What’s that cha say?”
What?!? They have to match whisper prints?
Whispering campaign? We didn’t hear anything…