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Steve Bannon indictment highlights loopholes in political spending transparency

2020-08-20 admin 501(c) groups, Anna Massoglia, Antone Melton-Meaux, brian kolfageg, Build the wall, Campaign Legal Center, crime, dark money, Department of Justice, digital ads, Donald Trump, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, Facebook ads, gofundme, google ads, Ilhan Omar, indictment, karl evers-hillstrom, loophole, Politics, secret spending, shell companies, Steve Bannon, tax records, Terrorism, Views on the world, WeBuildtheWall Leave a comment

Steve Bannon (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Federal prosecutors charged former White House strategist Steve Bannon and three others with fraud Thursday

Outside spending surpasses half-billion mark as 2020 election nears

2020-08-13 admin 2020, 501(c) groups, 501(c)(4), 501(c)(6), 501cs, America First Action, Campaign finance, Citizens United, Club for Growth, crime, Donald Trump, Economy, Editorials, election, Entertainment, Ian Karbal, Joe Biden, Lincoln Project, nonprofits, Outside groups, Outside Money, outside spending, Persist PAC, Politics, Presidential Election, Priorities USA, Priorities USA Action, Sheldon Adelson, SixteenThirty Fund, Super Pac, Super PACs, Susan Collins, Terrorism, Thom Tillis, Views on the world Leave a comment

Captured via YouTube Three months before the November election, outside spending in federal races has already crossed the $500 million

Election spending boosted by secret money tops $100M as IRS ends donor reporting rules

2020-05-28 admin 501(c) groups, crime, dark money, disclose, donors, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, fec, foreign money, grey money, irs, karl evers-hillstrom, nonprofit, nra, Politics, rule, Super Pac, Terrorism, Views on the world Leave a comment

(Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Political groups that don’t fully disclose their sources of funding have already spent more

Conservative ‘dark money’ network rebranded to push voting restrictions before 2020 election

2020-05-27 admin 501(c) groups, Anna Massoglia, Axios, Brett Kavanaugh, crime, dark money, dark money nonprofit, Donald Trump, donorstrust, Economy, Editorials, Election 2020, Entertainment, Fiscal sponsorship, Honest Elections Project, Judicial Crisis Network, judicial education project, Koch Brothers, koch network, leonard leo, Neil Gorsuch, nonprofits, opensecrets, politically active nonprofits, Politics, Sam Levine, scotus, Supreme Court, tax-exempt, Terrorism, The 85 Fund, The Concord Fund, the guardian, Vanita Gupta, Views on the world, voting rights, Wellspring Committee Leave a comment

President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) This story was reported in

‘Dark money’ groups steering millions to super PACs in 2020 elections

2020-02-07 admin 2020 election, 501(c) groups, 501(c)(4), Anna Massoglia, bright lines project, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, crime, dark money, Democratic Party, donor disclosure, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, Federal Election Commission, foreign influence, foreign money, Government Accountability Office, irs, Justice Department, Majority Forward, nonprofit disclosure, nonprofits, One Nation, political nonprofits, Politics, report, Republican party, secret donors, senate leadership fund, Senate Majority PAC, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Super PACs, tax returns, Terrorism, Views on the world Leave a comment

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) More than $65 million from groups

Trump judicial adviser’s ‘dark money’ network hides Supreme Court spending

2020-01-02 admin 501(c) groups, Anna Massoglia, Brett Kavanaugh, Creative Response Concepts, crime, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, freedomworks, Judicial Crisis Network, Neil Gorsuch, People United for Privacy, Politics, Supreme Court, Susan B. Anthony List, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Terrorism, Views on the world, Wellspring Committee, Winning for Women Leave a comment

Supreme Court Justices John Roberts, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh (Alex Wong/Getty Images) A secretive network spending millions

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst denounced ‘dark money’ as her campaign privately embraced it

2019-12-23 admin 2020, 501(c) groups, ap, Associated Press, crime, dark money, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, ias2, Iowa, Iowa Forward, Iowa Values, Iowa Voices, joni ernst, karl evers-hillstrom, Politics, senate, Terrorism, Theresa Greenfield, Views on the world Leave a comment

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Around the same time that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)

Cash-strapped NRA discloses spending on foreign fundraising for first time

2019-12-16 admin 501(c) groups, Anna Massoglia, Brazil, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, corporate donors, crime, Donald Trump, donald trump jr, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, federal funding, foreign influence, foreign money, form 990, glock, Government Contractors, gun control, gun rights, Guns, National Rifle Association, new york attorney general, nonprofits, nra, Outside Money, Politics, propublica, Russia, Russian influence, Russian interference, Safari Club International, SIG Sauer, Taurus, tax returns, Terrorism, trump foundation, Trump Russia, Views on the world Leave a comment

(Scott Olson/Getty Images) The National Rifle Association disclosed spending on foreign fundraising for the first time in the gun rights

‘Dark money’ groups drove support for IRS rule eliminating donor disclosure

2019-12-10 admin 501(c) groups, astroturf, Campaign Legal Center, crime, dark money, disclosure, Donald Trump, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, freedomworks, irs, Issue One, karl evers-hillstrom, nra, People United for Privacy, Politics, proposed, public comment, Terrorism, treasury, Trump Administration, Views on the world Leave a comment

(ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) A proposed Trump administration rule to exempt some “dark money” groups from disclosing their donors

Trump Foundation tax return shows activities grinding to a halt before shutdown

2019-12-02 admin 2016 election, 501(c) groups, 501c3, Allen Weisselberg, America First Action, Anna Massoglia, Charity, crime, Donald Trump, Economy, Editorials, emoluments, Entertainment, foundation, HuffPost, income tax, ivanka trump, Linda McMahon, Mohammed Ali, nfl, Politics, Presidential Election, self-dealing, Super PACs, tax returns, Terrorism, The Apprentice, Tim Tebow, Trump Campaign, trump foundation, Views on the world, Washington Post, White House, World Wrestling Entertainment, Wrestlemania, wwe Leave a comment

While on the campaign trail in 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump gave a $100,000 donation to an organization that assists wounded

Karl Rove-linked ‘dark money’ group raised, spent big ahead of 2018 midterms

2019-11-21 admin 501(c) groups, 501(c)(4), Claire McCaskill, crime, Crossroads GPS, dark money, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, ias2, joni ernst, josh hawley, karl evers-hillstrom, Karl Rove, luke Messer, mcconnell, Medicare for All, mes1, mos1, National Right to Life, One Nation, Politics, senate leadership fund, Senate Republicans, Susan B. Anthony List, Susan Collins, tax returns, Terrorism, Views on the world, Yue Stella Yu Leave a comment

Screencap from a video posted in One Nation’s Youtube feed. One Nation, a “dark money” group that primarily backs Senate

Liberal ‘dark money’ operation behind ads urging Republicans to support impeachment

2019-11-20 admin 1630 Fund, 501(c) groups, Anna Massoglia, Brett Kavanaugh, crime, dark money, Defend American Democracy, Demand Justice, Donald Trump, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, Eric Kessler, Gordon Sondland, House Intelligence Committee, impeach, Impeachment, issue ads, Joe Biden, karl evers-hillstrom, New Venture Fund, Politics, Protect the Investigation, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Terrorism, Ukraine, Views on the world Leave a comment

Screencap from a video posted in Defend American Democracy’s Youtube feed. A veterans group urging Republican lawmakers to “put country

Big Pharma bankrolled conservative groups that pushed industry message to Trump, tax returns show

2019-11-15 admin 501(c) groups, 990, Addiction Policy Forum, america first policies, American Action Network, big pharma, Center Forward, conservative groups, crime, dark money, drug prices, drugmakers, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, freedomworks, karl evers-hillstrom, lobbying, National Sheriff’s Association, opioid epidemic, Partnership for Safe Medicines, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, phrma, Politics, RX Abuse Leadership Initiative, tax return, Terrorism, Third Way Foundation, trade deal, USMCA, Views on the world Leave a comment

(NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) The pharmaceutical industry’s largest trade association gave millions of dollars in grants to a number

GOP heavy hitters, Trump cabinet members revealed as donors to anti-Obama ‘dark money’ group

2019-10-28 admin 2012 election, 501(c) groups, Americans for Job Security, Americans for Limited Government, Cabinet, center to protect patient rights, Charles Schwab, crew, crime, dark money, Economy, Editorials, Entertainment, Geoffrey Palmer, Helen DeVos, John Fisher, Linda McMahon, Politics, reveal, richard devos, Rosebush Corp., Sheldon Adelson, Steven Mnuchin, Terrorism, Views on the world, Wellspring Committee, Yue Stella Yu Leave a comment

(Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images) Former “dark money” giant Americans for Job Security has walked out from the shadows, disclosing its donors