@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 1/ Whitaker has a GOP rap sheet as long as your arm. This sounds *exactly* like the playbook used by Bannon/Mercer for their *fraudulently* named Government Accountability Institute" (more on GAI downthread):
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 2/ Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, Neil Corkery, Treasurer @saysdana:
opencorporates.com/companies/us_v…
opencorporates.com/companies/us_v…
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana 3/ Downthread quote from @SaysDana: "Wellspring is run by Ann Corkery, a Washington lawyer who is married to JCN’s longtime treasurer, Neil Corkery. Daniel Casey, a director for JCN, is the father of Wellspring director Michael Casey."
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars 9/ Whitaker (see tweets 2-6 of this <thread>) via @WendySiegelman"
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman 10/ And just what we need for our judiciary (not)😱. via @MacFinn44
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 11/ And if monster-in-chief weren't so concerned about criminal indictment and conviction, this person might have been his SCOTUS nomination in July instead of Kavanaugh: "Barrett is a member of People of Praise (90% Catholic, as is Leonard Leo): (con't)
nytimes.com/2017/09/28/us/…
nytimes.com/2017/09/28/us/…
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 12/ ...believes in prophecy, speaking in tongues and divine healings, staples of Pentecostal churches that some Catholics have also adopted... called charismatic renewal."
"Founded in 1971, People of Praise has 1,800 adult members in 22 locations in North America... (con't)
"Founded in 1971, People of Praise has 1,800 adult members in 22 locations in North America... (con't)
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 13/ ... and Caribbean. Current and former members of the group said Ms. Barrett and her husband, who have 7 children, both belong to the group, and that their fathers have served as leaders." (more...)
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 14/ And of course there's the outright fraud, World Patent Marketing (scam): #Whitaker
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 15/ Circling back to 1st tweet in this <thread>: Whitaker's Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust salary jump from $63K in 2014 to $402K in 2016 parallels the generous salaries paid by Bannon/Mercer's "Gov't Accountability Institute:"
Nov 23, 2016:
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
Nov 23, 2016:
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 16/ Bannon launched GAI as a 501(c)3 "public charity" "in 2012, shortly after taking the helm of Breitbart... The institute received nearly $4 million in donations between 2012 and 2014 from two conservative charities — Donors Trust and the Mercer Family Foundation." (more…)
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 17/ "As the institute’s co-founder and executive chairman, Bannon received $81,000 to $100,000 a year for working 30 hours a week from 2012 through 2015. At the same time, he oversaw Breitbart News as executive chairman from offices in Washington and Los Angeles." (more...)
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 18/ "The institute’s communications strategist, Wynton Hall... received $600,000 in pay from 2012 through 2015."
"The institute’s president, secretary and treasurer is Peter Schweizer, a prominent conservative writer and at-large editor for Breitbart.... (con't)
"The institute’s president, secretary and treasurer is Peter Schweizer, a prominent conservative writer and at-large editor for Breitbart.... (con't)
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 19/ ...He [Schweizer] received $778,000 in salary from the institute for 2012 through 2015... At the same time, he was researching and writing 'Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich'... (con't)
@ericgarland @ThomasS4217 @SaysDana @MountainsStars @WendySiegelman @MacFinn44 20/ … published by HarperCollins in April 2015. The paperback version of the book hit the New York Times bestseller list in August [2016], during the final stretch of the presidential campaign." /end
