1. BREAKING
Republican Attorneys General (@RepublicanAGs) accepted an illegal $50,000 contribution from Children's Health Defense, RFK Jr's anti-vaccine propaganda.
The donation could threaten CHD's tax-exempt status.
Follow along if interested.
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@RepublicanAGs 2. Children's Health Defense is a charity. As a condition of its non-profit status with the IRS, CHD is absolutely prohibited from engaging in political activity.
@RepublicanAGs is a 527. It is dedicated to influencing elections for public office.
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@RepublicanAGs 3. The IRS is VERY CLEAR that a 501(c)(3) charity, like Children's Health Defense, may not donate to a 527 like @RepublicanAGs.
But that's exactly what happened on July 12, 2021.
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@RepublicanAGs 4. In a statement to popular.info, Children's Health Defense admitted that their contribution to @RepublicanAGs was illegal.
They claim they paid 50K to get access to Republican AGs to brief the on "health policy issues"
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5. @RepublicanAGs did not respond to a request for comment.
But the donation raises serious questions about the group's relationship with one of the most pernicious and prodigious producers of vaccine misinformation in the world.
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7. On January 5, 2021, the "policy arm" of the @RepublicanAGs sent robo calls encouraging people to come to DC and "Stop the Steal."
In April, the group promoted Peter Bisbee, who authorized the robocalls, to be head of the entire organization
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@RepublicanAGs 8. In December, Louisana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a member of RAGA, invited Kennedy to appear at a hearing on vaccines.
Kennedy used the opportunity to “spread misinformation about the risks of the vaccine.”
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