The Republican National Committee sent a letter Wednesday saying when it meets next week in Las Vegas it won’t allow Kristina Karamo or former Ambassador and U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra to serve as a voting member, though it says it “appears” Karamo was “properly removed” from the post of Michigan’s Republican Party chairman early this month under the state party’s bylaws.
“That said… the determination is not dispositive and (the RNC’s counsel’s office) recognizes that additional information could conceivably come to light which changes its view,” the letter said. Neither Karamo nor Hoekstra, who a group of state committee members elected as chair last weekend, will be credentialed as RNC members at next week’s winter meetings, even though the state party chair is usually treated as an RNC member.
“Following the (meeting), a body of RNC members will move quickly to review the dispute and make such recommendation as they believe appropriate,” concluded the letter from Michael Whatley, the RNC’s general counsel and chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and Matthew Raymer, the RNC’s chief counsel.