Kristin Davison, the campaign manager for Adam Laxalt, the state attorney general running for governor, said the assault left her “terrified and traumatized.”
Davison said that the operative, later identified as Wilfred Michael Stark, burst into a room where she and Laxalt were talking after a campaign event on Tuesday.
She said that Stark, armed with a camera, quickly became physical.
“We’re used to trackers, but this guy was very physical—pushing me, pushing into members of my staff, screaming,” Davison said. “This man was physically almost body-checking me. I was getting nervous about my safety, so we left, and went into an open room.”
Stark followed them into the room and soon grabbed her arm, Davison said. She said he also pulled her head into his chest, bruising her neck.
American Bridge
According to Mike Stark’s LinkedIn page, he was a reporter for American Bridge. “Covered DC politics and competitive federal and state governor races throughout the United States,” a description of the job reads. He had also worked for Huffington Post in the past.Brock’s network of groups was detailed extensively in Sharyl Attkisson’s book “The Smear.”
Chris Sloan, campaign manager for Laxalt’s Democratic opponent, Steve Sisolak, told the Review-Journal that Stark isn’t affiliated with Sisolak’s campaign.
“This individual is not affiliated with the Sisolak campaign in any way. No one should ever feel unsafe at a political event and the type of physical violence reported is beyond the pale. We strongly condemn this violence,” Sloan said.
