searching in her youth. the campaign provides us this clip of her defense at a public event sunday. >> i was in high school. how many of you have been hanging out with questionable foeb folks in high school? there's been no witchcraft since. >> reporter: but o'donnell's team has serious questions to answer about her finances. citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, a campaign watchdog group, wants federal and state officials to look into one persistent accusation. >> what we're most concerned about is that ms. o'donnell appears to have committed numerous crimes by misusing her campaign funds for personal use. >> reporter: a charge levelled by her opponents and a past official of one of her campaigns. slicker, more established operations would have issued a statement. this campaign is scrambling to bring on more staff, including people to handle press questions. campaign manager matt moran is reluctant to go on camera but then agrees.