Bachmann still hasn't paid campaign staffers
It is sobering to think that a Christian member of Congress would betray her testimony to the Lord and the public by withholding earned wages from deserving staff, Waldron added.
Reached my phone, Waldron confirmed the details and said the nondisclosure agreement stems from the campaigns alleged misuse of an email list. A home-schooling group accused the Bachmann campaign of stealing the list, which was contained on a volunteers laptop, and then using it to fundraise for the campaign. The home-schooling group has sued the campaign and Waldron said there is also a criminal investigation pending, explaining that he spoke with police about the incident several times.
They wanted us to have no further conversation [with police] without first notifying Michelles attorneys, and we just refused, he told Salon. Weve been lied to at every turn.
This story is important. Ive got five soldiers, as it were, five men who are willing to stand and not capitulate to this unnatural pressure that is coming from the Bachmann campaign. Its just immoral what theyre trying to do. Theyre trying to shut us up. You want to get paid? You gotta sign this agreement and not talk to either the police or lawyers, he continued.
Bachmanns campaign was marked by poor management. At one point in October of 2011, her entire New Hampshire staff quit en masse, in part because of a lack of payment. Waldron was brought on in July of 2011 by former campaign manager Ed Rollins, who quickly left the campaign and later publicly attacked his former candidate. Waldron said hes known Rollins since the late 1980s and made a tactical error in sticking with the campaign after his boss left.