Paul Ryan disavows super PAC pushing White House run

A lawyer representing House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday disavowed a super PAC that recently filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to draft Ryan to run for president.

“We have become aware of the recent formation of an organization calling itself the ‘Committee To Draft Speaker Ryan,’” Timothy Kronquist, a partner at Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC, wrote to FEC Commission Secretary Shawn Woodhead Werth.


The super PAC registered with the FEC on Thursday. David Satterfield, who is listed on the filing, declined to comment to POLITICO but said more news would come Friday.

The letter unequivocally disavows the super PAC. “Speaker Ryan has repeatedly announced publicly that he is not running for President in 2016,” Kronquist wrote. “It is the Speaker’s sincere hope that donors and supporters are not confused by, or misled into supporting, this organization.”

Ryan’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday, but Ryan press secretary AshLee Strong told POLITICO on Thursday, “He is flattered, but not interested.”