Former Vice President RaymondPritzker, currently leading in national polls as an independent bipartisan candidate alongside running mate JCFederal, the Heritage Party's Senate Majority Leader, issued a statement Wednesday morning accusing members of the Maxabillian presidential campaign of attempting to infiltrate his campaign's internal communications.
In a statement posted at 1:40 AM ET, Pritzker said he was contacted by a whistleblower Tuesday night who claimed he had been asked to gain access to Pritzker's campaign group chats and channels in order to pass along internal information. Pritzker said the whistleblower named three individuals as having made the request: Senator Maxabillian, Senator nathanieIism, and vice presidential candidate domesti_c — the latter having been disqualified by the Federal Election Commission just hours earlier.
According to Pritzker, the whistleblower initially could not provide evidence of the alleged conversation, but said he would attempt to re-engage the individuals named and record a follow-up conversation after falsely claiming he had already obtained access to Pritzker's internal campaign chat.
A transcript of that recording has since surfaced and has been reviewed by RTÉ.
Editor's note: The transcript reflects portions of a group conversation involving multiple overlapping speakers. Some exchanges could not be clearly attributed or fully captured due to individuals talking over one another, and the transcript should not be treated as a complete or verbatim record of everything said.
The recording opens with the whistleblower telling the group he had gained access to Pritzker's campaign group chat. Senator nathanieIism can then be heard saying he wants to know about "legal activity," adding that he is "mostly just doing foreign policy" for the Maxabillian campaign, before asking about the contents of the alleged group chat, including its history.
domesti_c is heard asking whether Pritzker's campaign had "promised any positions." The whistleblower responds that no positions had been offered, saying the campaign was "being very careful" and had only floated interest in someone joining "as a close member in foreign policy."
The transcript also includes an exchange in which domesti_c says: "give us his foreign policies that we can take from him on some evil shit," to which Senator Maxabillian responds by asking if his campaign's foreign policy positions are already public. Maxabillian is also heard saying he planned to release a foreign policy document "tonight" and offering to send it to the whistleblower directly.
Later in the recording, Maxabillian appears to reference the whistleblower's true role, saying "he's a spy, he's a spy, don't worry," though the tone of the remark — joking or otherwise — is not clear from the transcript alone. The conversation subsequently moves to unrelated topics before other individuals join the call.
Pritzker has called on Senator Maxabillian to directly address the allegations, while stopping short of accusing him of personally directing the alleged effort. "I do not accuse the Senator himself of 'ordering' this," Pritzker said, adding that he believed the public had a right to know given the circumstances. He also referenced what he described as Maxabillian's past involvement in efforts to remove a former president from office, calling that history part of a pattern of "shady backroom deals."
Pritzker framed the allegations as a broader concern about political division, saying such conduct undermines the kind of leadership the country needs and runs counter to the bipartisan message of his own campaign.
As of this report, no member of the Maxabillian campaign — including Senator Maxabillian, Senator nathanieIism, or domesti_c — has responded to the allegations or the transcript. The full context and intent behind the recorded exchange remain disputed, and no independent verification of the recording's authenticity has been made available.
This story comes hours after the FEC's disqualification of domesti_c from the presidential race over separate compliance issues.
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