Reality Check: 'Crooks & Conmen' Ad Follows Attacks On Coffman
DENVER (CBS4) - Colorado's Congressional District 6 could determine which party controls the U.S. House after November.
Democrats need to pick up 23 seats, and Incumbent Congressman Mike Coffman is one of their top targets.
He's been the subject of a barrage of attack ads and is fighting back with one of his own.
Shaun Boyd gives the ad a Reality Check.
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Boyd's sources for this Reality Check are as follows:
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/san-antonio-businessman-sentenced-va-fraud-scheme
USA V. Rising, Case No. 1:11cr117, Order, U.S. District Colorado, Filed 4/4/11
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