Gianforte Delivers Hard Drive Donation Bin to Helena, Offers to Help Governor Save Public Records

Press Release

October 29, 2016--As the FBI reopens an investigation into Hillary Clinton's email practices, Bozeman businessman and tech entrepreneur Greg Gianforte went to the Steve Bullock's backyard to call him out for breaking the law, and ethical breaches during his time as Attorney General and as governor.

"Unfortunately, this is what you get out of career politicians like Hillary Clinton and my opponent," said Gianforte as he rallied supporters and volunteers at the Montana GOP Victory headquarters in Helena.

Taking Bullock directly to task for destroying public record emails while Attorney General, Gianforte showed up with a donation bin for the governor. Gianforte also referred to Bullock's destruction of public records as "even worse than Hillary."

GIANFORTE: "We Montanans are a very generous people. We also follow the law. If the governor is having trouble storing public records, we thought we'd set up a donation bin of hard drives to help him out. The people's business, and the public's right to know, is too important to simply be thrown in to the waste bin of history."

In late August, news broke that the emails of Governor Bullock and his staff from his time as Attorney General had been deleted. This week, it was confirmed that Bullock and all of his appointed staff also broke the law by destroying public record emails. State records law requires that all emails pertaining to state business are open to examination by the public and must be preserved.

Bullock has also been busted abusing taxpayer resources, like the state-owned airplane, to fund his campaign. News reports also confirm that Bullock paid out nearly $1 million in hush money to silence whistleblowers and alleged discrimination. Gianforte, meanwhile, announced plans to establish an Office of Government Accountability and crack down on corruption.

Gianforte is a candidate for governor, and is the founder of RightNow Technologies. He started the company out of his house in Bozeman, and created over 500 jobs in Montana. The average Montana salary at RightNow was nearly $90,000 a year.

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