Karamo denies allegations that she threatened to kill her family
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A large projector screen shows Republican Secretary of State candidate Kristina Karamo speaking at a rally in Lansing on Aug. 27 after the Michigan Republican Party nominating convention. Photo: Samuel Robinson/Axios
Republican Secretary of State candidate Kristina Karamo is pushing back against allegations that she threatened to kill her family.
Driving the news: Court filings from last October, first obtained and published last week by Jezebel.com, detail an alleged incident in which Karamo said, "F--- it, I'll kill us all," while attempting to grab the steering wheel of a car driven by her husband that was carrying their two teenagers, according to Adom Karamo, the candidate's ex-husband.
What they're saying: "I have never harmed my children, any claims that I have are categorically false," Kristina Karamo said in a statement Friday in response to the story.
- "My ex-husband, making false allegations in 2021 on social media and in court documents, was an attempt to exploit the fact that I am a public figure, using it as leverage to change the custody agreement he became dissatisfied with," Karamo said.
What's next: Karamo will be out of state for the next 10 days to raise money for her campaign, a campaign spokesperson tells Axios.
- The most recent campaign filings show incumbent Democrat Jocelyn Benson raised nearly four times more than Karamo from the start of the year to mid-August, with more than 11 times the amount of total campaign cash.
