Hillary Clinton supporter David Brock resigned from the board of a leading pro-Clinton Super PAC on Monday after alleging "an orchestrated political hit job" against two other prominent pro-Clinton groups.
Brock accused current and former employees of Priorities USA, a major Democratic Super PAC backing Clinton’s expected presidential bid, of working to undermine the fundraising efforts of opposition research group Media Matters for America and Super PAC American Bridge, both of which are also supportive of Clinton.
Brock made his remarks in a letter to former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, the co-chairs of Priorities’ board, according to Politico’s Ken Vogel.
Brock, a close Clinton ally, accused Priorities officials of planting "an orchestrated political hit job" against his own pro-Clinton groups, American Bridge and Media Matters. […]
In his letter to the co-chairs of Priorities’ board—former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina—Brock alleged that "current and former Priorities officials were behind this specious and malicious attack on the integrity of these critical organizations." […]
Brock, who spent his early career in Washington as a self-described "right-wing hit man" before experiencing a political awakening and emerging as the leader of an empire of hard-hitting liberal attack groups, contends in his letter that Priorities is trying to damage his groups’ fundraising efforts, "while presumably enhancing Priorities’ own. Frankly, this is the kind of dirty trick I’ve witnessed in the right-wing and would not tolerate then. Our Democratic presidential nominee deserves better than people who would risk the next election—and our country’s future—for their own personal agendas."
The spat between such high-profile Clinton supporters may reveal significant divisions in her camp even before she officially declares her candidacy.
Others have reported that the nascent Clinton campaign is already divided into three factions.