1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: He is your Secretary of State. And now you've got 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: the Marion County Election Board deciding whether they're going to 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: turn a matter over to the Indiana Inspector General or 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: other legal authorities. So this all stems back from a 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: campaign video that Diega Morales released and it included footage 6 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: from an official government event he went to the Marion 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: County Election Service Center, and there was concern whether this 8 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: video violated the Indiana election law because he was using 9 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: state resources or government settings in campaign materials. Now, the board, 10 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: they have asked Diega Morales, Indiana Secretary of State, to 11 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: respond to some questions about the video, and he has 12 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: so far refused to talk to the board. I know, 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: I know you're surprised that he doesn't want to answer 14 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: the question. 15 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: That's his favorite thing, not showing up to places where 16 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: he supposed to talk about things like his budget presentation 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 2: in front of the legislators last year last year. So 18 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 2: let me make sure I'm understanding you correctly. So the 19 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 2: guy that is in charge of overseeing fair and lawful 20 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 2: elections in the state of Indiana, that's current Secretary of State, 21 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 2: Diego Morales. He didn't just blur the line between his 22 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 2: official duties and political campaigning. He just drove right over it. 23 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: How are we supposed I mean, the guys in charge 24 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 2: of making sure elections are fair and upheld properly in 25 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: the state, and now he's being investigated because of his 26 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: political campaign is not following the rules correct. 27 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: So the board they're going to give him another chance 28 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: to respond, like please, please, just answer, and if he doesn't, 29 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: then they're going to refer to the matter to the 30 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: Indiana Inspector General or other legal authorities. Of course, the 31 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: Inspector General their job is to seek out waste, fraud, 32 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: and abuse. 33 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, and they do oversee and have authority over the 34 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 2: Secretary of State office. And the nune of this comes 35 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: down to and this is very clear when you are 36 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: a politician, especially like the Secretary of State work in 37 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: his office. There are things that your staff can do 38 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: and things that your staff can't do. And so your 39 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: staff basically what the state tries to do is sit 40 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 2: here and say, look, you're not using State of Indiana 41 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: employees or State of Indiana resources for your political campaign. 42 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: That's why you see a lot of these politicians have 43 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: two sets of social media accounts. They've got their official 44 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: government account just like Diego Morales has. He's got his 45 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: official Secretary of State accounts and then he's got separate 46 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: accounts that are his political accounts. Well, if you work 47 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 2: for the state and you're being paid by the State 48 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 2: of Indiana, you're not supposed to spend time when you're 49 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: supposed to be working for the state on political things. 50 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 2: And that is what is at the core of what's 51 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 2: being alleged here. Yep. 52 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: So the Indiana law it prohibits the government officials from 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: using taxpayer funded resources for campaign purposes. So what we 54 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: have here is the appearance, if nothing else, of mixing 55 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: official duties with campaign messaging. Big no, no, and he 56 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: should really answer their questions before it gets turned over 57 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: to the Inspector General.