NEW: In 2018, a pro-Trump dark money group paid $1.7 million to a firm "solely" owned by Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale.
The firm was formed just days after Trump tapped Parscale to run his 2020 campaign citizensforethics.org/america-first-…
The firm was formed just days after Trump tapped Parscale to run his 2020 campaign citizensforethics.org/america-first-…
These payments are in addition to the $910,000 in funds Parscale's firm received from a related pro-Trump super PAC—run by the same people out of the same office as the dark money group—which @VickyPJWard reported lasted August
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@VickyPJWard The firm, Red State Data and Digital, was formed just days after Parscale became Trump's campaign manager, and its only known clients are now two pro-Trump outside groups that aren't supposed to coordinate with the campaign.
All told, their payments total nearly $3.3 million.
All told, their payments total nearly $3.3 million.
@VickyPJWard Prior to Parscale's move to the campaign, both the super PAC and the dark money group made large payments to another Parscale firm called Parscale Strategy.
In 2017, for example, nearly one in every five dollars spent by the dark money group went to Parscale Strategy
In 2017, for example, nearly one in every five dollars spent by the dark money group went to Parscale Strategy
@VickyPJWard In all, Parscale's firms appear to have taken in more than $40 million from Republican committees and pro-Trump groups since President Trump took office, a huge portion of that has come since Parscale took the helm as Trump's campaign manager.
@VickyPJWard To be clear, Parscale has denied anything untoward is happening with payments to Red State propublica.org/article/the-my…
@VickyPJWard But the fact remains that a company "solely" owned by Trump's campaign manager, formed days after he took that position, has as its only known clients two pro-Trump outside groups, which aren't supposed to coordinate with the campaign but have paid nearly $3.3 million to the firm
@VickyPJWard While all of this raises both legal and moral issues, there's also the question of how Parscale's boss, President Trump, would react if he learned Parscale's firms are making so much money.
In the past, he hasn't taken it well
In the past, he hasn't taken it well
