IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 1st, 2022
Contact: JBerry@AZDem.org
Karrin Taylor Robson Still Hasn’t Properly Amended Campaign Finance Reports A Week After Getting Caught Taking Flights on Private Jet

PHOENIX– After reporting last week uncovered that Karrin Taylor Robson has been using a private jet for campaign events without properly reporting it, the Taylor Robson campaign has yet to properly amend their reports as they promised.  A written statement from the campaign said that Taylor Robson and her husband will report and reimburse all travel expenses for the campaign event in Glendale and Tucson. “For any previous campaign travel, expenses have and will be similarly reimbursed and reflected in amended campaign-finance reports, as necessary,” the campaign’s statement added. However, more than a week later that still hasn’t happened.

Why It’s A Problem– If Taylor Robson’s campaign accepted the jet travel as an in-kind contribution, she looks to be in violation of Arizona campaign finance law. Campaigns cannot accept contributions from LLCs, according to ARS 16-913 which reads, “A candidate committee may accept contributions only from an individual, a partnership, a candidate committee, a political action committee or a political party.” Private jet joy rides count as a contribution because the rides were for travel to campaign events. Karrin Taylor Robson’s husband Ed Robson is the chairman of a company that is the sole manager of an LLC called “Arlington Aircraft of Nevada LLC,” which owns the Dassault Falcon 900EX private jet Taylor Robson used to fly to campaign events.

Check out the full round up of reporting on Taylor Robson’s joy rides on her husband’s jet:

• Arizona Mirror: Robson campaign denies she flew from Scottsdale to Glendale to campaign with Mike Pence “The aircraft in question left Scottsdale Municipal Airport at 10:33 a.m. and landed at Glendale Municipal Airport — a nine-minute drive from TYR Tactical — at 10:44 a.m.  Shortly before 1 p.m., the plane took off from Glendale and flew to Marana Regional Airport — a 19-minute drive from the National Border Patrol Council’s Office — and landed at 2:10 p.m.”
• Arizona Family: Questions arise about Karrin Taylor Robson’s private flights to campaign events “Arizona’s Family looked at other flights made by the private jet, and found several stops that coincided with Robson campaign events that were not reported on her campaign finance reports. In May, the jet flew to Nashville where Robson reportedly courted the support of the Republican Governors Association at one of the meetings.”
• Arizona Republic: Kari Lake asks attorney general to investigate use of state plane for Karrin Taylor Robson flight “The campaign should have reported the value of those flights on the financial disclosures, multiple experts told The Arizona Republic. Matthew Benson, a spokesman for Taylor Robson’s campaign, said it was just an “oversight” the trips were not reported as in-kind contributions. He said the reports will be updated and the cost of the flights paid by Taylor Robson and her husband.
• Arizona Republic: In bruising Republican primary for AZ governor, last 2 weeks of campaign hit boiling point with attacks “The final days of the race for the Republican nomination for Arizona governor were marked by attacks, reflecting the fierce contest once seen as Lake’s by a huge margin. Taylor Robson has narrowed that gap, thanks in large part to spending so much of her own fortune that she could’ve bought two private jets instead. Speaking of private jets, Taylor Robson’s use of one prompted late-in-the-race controversy.”