Luna’s Attempt to Hide Her Corruption Falls Flat: “Mission” Stays on the Air

Elias Law Group responds to Luna: “There is no basis whatsoever for the lawsuit you threaten.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 22, 2026

CONTACT: Billy Perlmutter | billy@leelagray.com

St. Petersburg, FL — Today, Elias Law Group issued a counter-response after Anna Paulina Luna sent a cease-and-desist letter to Brigadier General (Ret.) Leela Gray’s campaign for Congress over the campaign’s recent television ad.

Despite Luna’s challenge, the ad remains on air. Luna’s failed cease and desist letter also comes as polls show this race tightening – a recent House Majority PAC poll showed Gray leading 51% to 46% in a district Donald Trump won by 13 points.

Gray issued the following statement following today’s response:

“Anna Paulina Luna clearly doesn’t want to answer for her record of corruption. She dodged our debate challenge, she dodged voters, and now she is trying to dodge accountability. While families here pay more for gas, groceries, and health care, Luna only looks out for herself and her donors. I served my country for 30 years in uniform, so I understand what a real threat is. Anna Paulina Luna’s vanity isn’t a threat, but her votes to keep our gas prices high, to take away our healthcare, and to threaten our retirement should scare all Americans.”

The ad, “Mission”, contrasts Gray’s 30 years of service and focus on affordability with Luna’s record of corruption – including allegedly giving inside information to a “MAGA influencer” to profit on prediction markets. 

Read the full legal response HERE.

Get the Facts on Luna’s Record of Corruption: 

• Luna faced scrutiny over a potential conflict of interest in her own financial dealings, including investments in a donor’s oil and gas private equity firm totaling up to $500,000 while sitting on the congressional committees responsible for overseeing similar interests at the time of the investment, as reported by NBC News and Miami Herald. 

• Luna was accused of allegedly sharing insider information with a donor who used it to profit on prediction markets – reporting published by the Wall Street Journal, The Tampa Bay Times, and several other prominent outlets. 

  • The Wall Street Journal reported that the “CFTC [was] investigating the allegation.” 

• Meanwhile, Luna promoted stock trading legislation that fails to extend to the President, Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries, and Supreme Court Justices. Gray’s anti-corruption platform goes further: no exceptions, no carve-outs. 

• This isn’t new: Luna has a pattern of suing her political opponents and critics who call her out, and losing. 

• The ad is staying up. Meanwhile, Luna is refusing to accept Gray’s general election debate challenge.