NEW at @tytinvestigates: Democrats say they oppose private prisons, but many members of Congress, & @dccc, accept money from the PACs of the two largest private prison companies, both of which make hundreds of millions from ICE detaining immigrants. (1/x) tytnetwork.com/2018/06/29/dem… 
@tytinvestigates @dccc Dem Party 2016 platform: “We will fight to end federal, state, and municipal contracts with for-profit private prisons & private detention centers. In order to end family detention, we will ensure humane alternatives for those who pose no public threat.” presidency.ucsb.edu/papers_pdf/117…
@tytinvestigates @dccc Nonetheless, I found about 25 Dems who received donations from the corporate PACs of GEO Group & CoreCivic in the 2018 election cycle. Some incl. Luján and Heinrich say they've donated the money to charity. tytnetwork.com/2018/06/29/dem…
@tytinvestigates @dccc Luján and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) are in the running to be next House speaker. Jeffries received $1,000 from GEO Group & went on to sponsor a bill funding reentry programs. A @dccc fundraiser lobbied for GEO on that very issue last year. tytnetwork.com/2018/06/29/dem…
@tytinvestigates @dccc Here are four @dccc fundraisers who lobby, or have lobbied, for GEO or CoreCivic. (That's Dick Gephardt and Richard Sullivan. Sullivan lobbied for CoreCivic on Jeffries' bill.) tytnetwork.com/2018/06/29/dem…
@tytinvestigates @dccc More Dem connections to private prisons:
—Rep. Lois Frankel has as much as $30k invested in CoreCivic stock
—Member of Dem Unity Commission is a former GEO Group lobbyist
tytnetwork.com/2018/06/29/dem… (6/6)
—Rep. Lois Frankel has as much as $30k invested in CoreCivic stock
—Member of Dem Unity Commission is a former GEO Group lobbyist
tytnetwork.com/2018/06/29/dem… (6/6)
@tytinvestigates @dccc UPDATE: Comms director for @RepJeffries says his campaign rejected the contribution from GEO Group PAC. "Congressman Jeffries has never received a dollar from a private prison."
It's likely GEO Group mistakenly reported the attempted transaction to the FEC.
It's likely GEO Group mistakenly reported the attempted transaction to the FEC.
UPDATE: Comms director for @RepJeffries says his campaign rejected the contribution from GEO Group PAC. "Congressman Jeffries has never received a dollar from a private prison."
It's likely GEO Group mistakenly reported the attempted transaction to the FEC.
It's likely GEO Group mistakenly reported the attempted transaction to the FEC.
