.@protctdemocracy is not an organic activist group spontaneously created by high-minded legal experts alarmed by Trump’s alleged flouting of the rule of law.
Protect Democracy was launched in early 2017 as part of an extensive anti-Trump operation managed by a leftwing tech billionaire: Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay. This is who is behind Protect Democracy and a number of other nonprofits formed to destroy the president.
In 2018, according to the group’s most recent tax filing, Protect Democracy collected nearly $7 million in donations; Omidyar’s most politically-active nonprofit, @DemocracyFund, has donated $2 million since 2017.
Democracy Fund is spending tens of millions each year to underwrite dozens of anti-Trump projects. “Over the past two years, I have seen alarming and sometimes unprecedented violations of our country’s democratic norms,” Joe Goldman, the fund’s president, wrote in 2018.
Protect Democracy houses a number of former Democratic staffers—including a former aide to @RepAdamSchiff (D-Calif.)—and Obama White House alumni. Ricki Seidman, last seen advising Christine Blasey Ford, is a director for Protect Democracy.
Several NeverTrumpers also are involved with Protect Democracy; National Review columnists @monacharenEPPC and @chavezlinda Linda Chavez, ABC news pundit @matthewjdowd and failed presidential candidate @EvanMcMullin serve as advisors.
As I’ve reported before, Omidyar is the sugar daddy for many NeverTrump outlets. The Bulwark, the offshoot of the shuttered Weekly Standard, is partially funded by Omidyar: @SykesCharlie the Bulwark’s editor-in-chief, serves on the board of Democracy Fund.
Omidyar also funds Republicans for the Rule of Law headed by @BillKristol; @lawfareblog, a central peddler of Russian collusion hoax propaganda; @RSI home to disgraced FBI lawyer James Baker; & @StandUpRepublic headed by McMullin. All have been on the attack against Trump & Barr
Despite what the Times and other reporters want the public to believe, it was far from authentic—just another Destroy Trump mission funded by leftists to deceive and inflame the public.
