Donald Trump hired long time GOP operative and Citizens United founder David Bossie to be his deputy campaign manager Thursday, The Washington Post reports.
“A friend of mine for many years,” Trump said of Bossie. “Solid. Smart. Loves politics, knows how to win.”
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway concurred telling the Post, “He’s a battle-tested warrior and a brilliant strategist.” She added, “He’s a nuts-and-bolts tactician as well, who’s going to help us fully integrate our ground game and data operations, and help with overall strategy as my deputy.”
Bossie will be putting together attacks against Hillary Clinton, a figure he’s become familiar with over his years in Washington.
During the 1990s, Bossie was the Chief investigator of the House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. He led investigations into Bill Clinton’s administration, ranging from the Whitewater land deal to foreign fundraising in the 1996 Clinton re-election campaign.
Following his time on Capitol Hill Bossie began Citizens United Productions, which produced 25 conservative oriented documentaries, one of which was critical of Hillary Clinton titled “Hillary, The Movie.”
Bossie’s organization wanted to advertise the film during TV broadcasts around the time Clinton was campaigning during the 2008 presidential primary, but the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) forbade Bossie’s group from doing so. A 2010 Supreme Court decision on Citizens United’s case overturned provisions of BCRA that banned corporations (including nonprofits) and unions from making independent donations and “electioneering communications”
Since the Supreme Court case, Clinton, along with the rest of her party have campaigned on promising to reverse the Citizens United decision.