Michael Connell

EPISODE 6.9: MICHAEL CONNELL

Michael Connell was at the cutting edge of a new electronic frontier in US politics. In the 1990s, he developed media strategies and computing infrastructure for numerous Republican political campaigns. When George W Bush won the White House in 2000, Connell’s star continued to rise. But with the higher profile came higher stakes - and political controversies. By 2008, he was caught up in a lawsuit claiming that his websites had been used for electoral fraud. Under the legal microscope, Connell died on December 19th, 2008 when his single engine aircraft crashed en route from Washington, DC to Akron, Ohio. The Internet went wild with dark rumors that his death had been no accident.