Pa. 07 Congressional Candidate Bob Brooks Must Answer Fraud Case By September 14

Bob Brooks, Democratic nominee in the upcoming Pa. 7th Congressional District race against incumbent Ryan Mackenzie, is also the Defendant in an action contending that he fraudulently conveyed real estate to his current wife to avoid a $130,000 judgment owed to his mother-in-law.  In late July, NorCo Judge Jennifer Sletvold rejected Brooks' attempt to dismiss the suit and ordered him to file an Answer. 

In her ruling, Judge Sletvold makes clear that a fraudulent conveyance has been averred with sufficient detail to withstand preliminary objections: 

Plaintiff alleges particular facts to claim how Defendants actually intended to defraud Plaintiff, the judgment creditor. The Complaint alleges that the judgement in the 2018 lawsuit was entered on January 10, 2022, and the quitclaim deed, transferring ownership of the Property from Mr. Brooks and Second Wife to solely Second Wife, occurred in close proximity, approximately two months. The quitclaim deed was a transfer to an insider, Second Wife. The debtor, Mr. Brooks, still resides in the Property and uses it as his primary residence. The transfer of the property was for $10.00 when the value of the property was $413,200.00 at the time of transfer. Second Wife immediately encumbered the property with a $330,000 mortgage, and the loan proceeds were not used to pay the debt owed to Plaintiff by Mr. Brooks. See Compl. ¶¶ 21-31. We find these allegations to be pled with particularity and are legally sufficient to sustain causes of action under 12 Pa. C.S.A. § 5104. Accordingly, this preliminary objection is overruled.

After this, you would think that Brooks, who is after all a Democratic Congressional candidate, would quietly and quickly settle this dispute. It certainly does him no good to have this hanging over his head.

Instead, Brooks' plan is to delay this matter as long as he can. His Answer was due in mid August, but he sought and obtained an extension for his Answer. It's due on September 14. By that time, mail-in ballots should be going out. 

It's clear that whether he wins or loses, Brooks will string this case out as long as possible. 

That's because, as I've said many times, he's shady.

PoliticsPa Posts, Deletes, Then Reposts Negative Story About Pa. 7 Congressional Candidate Bob Brooks

PoliticsPa yesterday posted, then deleted, then reposted a negative story about Pa. 7 Congressional candidate Bob Brooks yesterday.  The story, entitled "Questions Beginning to Arise Around Brooks Campaign in PA-07," was deleted shortly after publication. Then it reappeared, with the explanation that it had been deleted to give both Brooks and the DCCC time to respond. 

I suspect power brokers in Harrisburg and DC were applying pressure because this happened at another new outlet yesterday

The story suggests that Brooks had a "difficult evening" during a recent debate at Cedar Crest. It was apparently so bad that the DCCC told debate organizers that they did not want the public to see a video of his performance. The account also cites several MAGA social media memes that Brooks posted on his Facebook page. It cites the $130,000 judgment his mother-in-law obtained as well as a new lawsuit claiming shenanigans in the transfer of real estate from his name to make him judgment proof. Finally, it notes his recent refusal to sit down with Lehigh Valley News for a one-on-one interview after agreeing to do so.  

Interestingly, another news outlet, WFMZ-TV69, posted and then quickly deleted a negative story about Brooks yesterday as well. This one, entitled "Congressional candidate Bob Brooks faces lawsuit over property dispute and unpaid loan debt," can still be found on a google search engine. But when you click on the link, the story went Poof! 

It's pretty clear to me that our fearless news sources are unwilling to serve the public interest when pressured by the powerful. 

This is all very shady ... just like Brooks.