FIRST ON FOX: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) appeared to go back on its 2019 hacked materials pledge by paying the firm behind the leaks of several GOP candidates’ military records during the 2022 campaign.

Back in 2018, the DCCC made its initial hacked materials pledge before doubling down in 2019 during the Mueller report drama and calling on their GOP foil, the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC), to join them in their pledge.

"Today, in light of revelations in the Mueller Report, DCCC Chairwoman Bustos sent a letter challenging the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) to formally reject the use of hacked or stolen material for electoral gains," the DCCC wrote in 2019.

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"In reaffirming this commitment, first made in 2018 by then-Chairman Ben Ray Luján, the DCCC has asked the NRCC to sign a written pledge focused on cybersecurity and the need to prevent hostile foreign powers from interfering in American political campaigns," the House Democrats’ campaign arm continued.

In their 2019 pledge, the DCCC vowed they "will never seek out stolen and/or hacked information for use in any operations" and they "will never use known stolen and/or hacked information, or promote or disseminate stolen and/or hacked materials to the press, regardless of the source and will report any receipt of, or offers to receive, stolen and/or hacked information to law enforcement."

"We will not support any campaign or allied groups that use known stolen and/or hacked information, or promotes or disseminates stolen and/or hacked materials to the press, regardless of the source and will encourage all campaigns to report any receipt of, or offers to receive, stolen and/or hacked information to law enforcement," the pledge reads.

Last week, it was reported that two additional Republican candidates had their military records improperly released during the 2022 midterm elections by Due Diligence, a Democrat-aligned research firm that the DCCC is still paying as of last week.

Due Diligence Group received more than $110,000 from the DCCC from January 2021 to December 2022, according to FEC records, although it is unknown if the campaign committee used or received these or any other materials from Due Diligence.

Fox News Digital asked the DCCC for comment on appearing to go back on its hacked materials pledge and if the House Democrat campaign arm was still paying Due Diligence.

The DCCC did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

The NRCC's national press secretary Will Reinert blasted the DCCC’s pledge in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"The DCCC’s pledge is the moral equivalence of Barry Bonds demanding baseball players disavow steroid use," Reinert said. "It’s peak self-righteous indignation."

The improperly released records led to the outing of former GOP candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green’s sexual assault in the military by POLITICO in October.

Politico's Adam Wren recently wrote a profile on Green, the GOP candidate who faced Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Ind., in the race to represent Indiana's 1st Congressional District. In his report, Wren detailed Green's private experience of sexual assault that occurred during her military service. The piece, published just weeks before the midterms, referenced documents that the publication said "were obtained by a public records request and provided to Politico by a person outside the Mrvan campaign."

Green contended the documents were obtained "illegally" to smear her campaign.

In October after the leak, the DCCC vowed to not "politicize" Jennifer-Ruth Green's sexual assault after Politico outed the GOP congressional candidate as a survivor of sexual violence.

"We would never use someone’s experience with sexual assault against them, and it’s ridiculous to think we would. Highly sensitive and personal matters like this should never be politicized," a DCCC spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

Republicans have called on the DCCC to come clean publicly on if it played a role in the leaking of the GOP candidates’ military records.

Fox News Digital's Timothy H.J. Nerozzi and Aubrie Spady contributed reporting.

Vail Ski Resort has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the three surviving children of a New Jersey father who suffocated to death after falling through a chairlift seat and becoming caught in his coat. 

Jason Varnish of Short Hills, New Jersey, was 46 years old when he died as a result of the "unnecessary and preventable tragedy" on Feb. 13, 2020, attorney Peter Burg said. 

"Jason Varnish was a truly remarkable human being whose death leaves a gaping hole in the hearts of his family and friends," Burg said in a statement announcing that the popular ski destination reached a confidential settlement before the case could go to trial. 

The statement from Burg’s firm said, "The chair that Mr. Varnish was preparing to board came into the load line with the seat in the up position against the backrest of the chair. 

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"A rubber bumper attached to the chair seat frame, which is normally covered when the seat is in the down position, caught on Mr. Varnish’s jacket, entangling his jacket with the chair," the statement continued. "The chair began to rise out of the lower terminal, and Mr. Varnish was lifted off his feet by the chair." 

Burg’s firm said Varnish, who was in the Blue Sky Basin area of Vail Mountain, "was hanging from the chair by his jacket approximately 70 feet from the load line and 10 feet in the air for more than 8 minutes.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Varnish’s jacket constricted his ability to breath, and he died of positional asphyxiation," it said, echoing the diagnosis reached by Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis. 

Vail Resorts did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on Tuesday.

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The law firm said Vail "maintained that the waiver and release provisions included on a ski pass and in documents signed to obtain a ski pass or equipment rental barred the Complaint filed by the Varnish children and any recovery." 

"Factual allegations against Vail also described various violations of provisions of the Colorado Ski Safety Act and the rules of the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board," its statement also said. 

"It is also time for the Legislature and Courts to stop allowing the ski industry to feel fully insulated from any liability through the use of waivers of liability for things that clearly are not inherent risks of skiing. It does a disservice to the ski community. Accountability is critical to public safety," Burg said. 

At the time of his death, Varnish was working as the managing director and global head of prime services risk at Credit Suisse, his obituary said. 

"Whether playing golf, going boating, or sitting at the bar, Jase treasured the time he spent with his friends," the obituary read. "His many passions included music, reading and cars, and he was an excellent and eager cook. Above all else, Jase loved his family." 

Varnish is survived by his three children, his wife, his parents and other family members.