Atkins is going to try and peel enough votes away from the GOP candidate in the 41st to swing this to the Democrats as one last FU!!
The Republicans are poised to release more of the sordid details found during the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into Atkins’ wild night of drinking, driving and domestic violence and the accompanying abuse of office as he tried to dodge the consequences. They have scheduled a press conference Thursday afternoon in Wilmington.
Republican Majority Leader Richard C. Cathcart says the press conference is the right thing to do. “I feel an obligation to release this stuff, because it’s the public’s right and the press’ right to see that information,” he said.
UPDATE: So it is not today. If Gilligan used pressure to keep this Atkins stuff quiet in order to split the Republican vote on the day of the elections – I’d say that would make Gilligan a scumbag.