Enquirer’s politics extra has the story.

UPDATE: The McEwen campaign has released a comment on the verdict:

Schmidt Found GUILTY of False Endorsements, False Resume Claims Schmidt Suit Against McEwen also Rejected

Columbus – The Ohio Elections Commission has found Jean Schmidt guilty of intentionally falsifying documents, claiming to have degrees not bestowed, and misleading voters about her endorsements. Earlier Thursday, a Schmidt lawsuit against her opponent Bob McEwen was dismissed for the second time in as many days.

McEwen campaign manager Ed Jenkins stated, “Mrs. Schmidt has been found guilty of making false statements. She embellished her credentials and falsified endorsements. If we can’t trust what she says in Ohio, how can we trust what she’ll do in Washington? When she sues a Member of her own party using a liberal Democrat operative, Stan Chesley, to lead the legal team against Bob McEwen and his family, it shows she lacks the conservative values that the good people in the Second District want in a representative. The Republican Party is like a family and she has aired her dirty laundry in the press and got Democrats involved. The house of cards that her political career has been built upon is falling apart.”

The McEwen campaign is also aware of and is awaiting resolution on another Schmidt issue, one in which indictments have already started: the investigation by Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien regarding illegal lobbying activity to which Schmidt was party while in the Ohio House.

Bob McEwen resides in Anderson Township with his wife, Liz. He currently serves as the senior adviser at the law firm of Greenebaum, Doll, & McDonald in both their Cincinnati and Washington, D.C. offices. As Congressman, McEwen championed the lower tax rates authored by Jack Kemp, who was in Cincinnati last month to support McEwen, and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. He was also selected by his colleagues to serve on the two most coveted committees in the House: the Select Committee on Intelligence, which oversees our nation’s secrets, and the Rules Committee, which has jurisdiction over all legislation brought before the House.