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NEW: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is expected as early as today to release his report on the Ukrainian energy company, Burisma, and former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Sen. Gary Peters, D-MI, the ranking Democrat on the committee, last night also sent Johnson a letter calling for the release of all full transcripts related to the investigation.

Last week, NBC reported that Amos Hochstein, the only person known to have directly discussed
Burisma with Joe Biden in 2015, was prepared to testify that the US never changed U.S. policy because of Burisma, that he was never asked to do so and that Burisma never factored into any policy decisions around energy or Biden's advocacy for a new Ukrainian prosecutor general.
Johnson previously had not denied taking any "materials" from pro-Kremlin Ukrainians in the investigation:



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Mar 23
NEW: Leo-aligned groups attack D.C. attorney general who began investigating his network, a major funder of Project 2025.

👉The months-long offensive against DC AG Brian Schwalb includes:

🧵

politico.com/news/2024/03/2…
1. 12 of his Republican AG peers sent a letter warning Schwalb to stand down.
“I’ve never seen it in any context.”

2. GOP House chairs launched their own investigation of Schwalb’s investigation.

3. Conservative media wrote articles criticizing Schwalb on unrelated crime /
issues – based on a social media post from a top Leo lieutenant.

The nexus: a primary Leo-aligned group, the Concord Fund:

1. Concord & its predecessor have long been the Republican Attorney Generals Association’s biggest funder.

2. GOP Reps. Jordan & Comer announced a probe /
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Feb 20
NEW: Trump allies plan to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration

(docs obtained by @politico)
w @alexbward

🧵
politi.co/3OQoxqr
Russ Vought, a former Trump official & potential chief of staff in a second Trump term, is president of The Center for Renewing America.

Freedom of religion would remain a protected right, but Vought and his ideological brethren would not shy from using their positions to /
promote Christian doctrine and imbue public policy with it, according to two people familiar with the plans granted anonymity to avoid retaliation.

Vought, who declined comment, is advising Project 2025, a governing agenda that would usher in one of the most conservative /
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Jan 6
There's a larger context here that is critical.

One of the most important & overlooked religious movements of our time is the New Apostolic Reformation -- and its adherents do believe Trump came from God.
"Lance Wallnau’s book, 'God’s Chaos Candidate' played a significant role in solidifying evangelical support" in 2016 (Salon.)

It promotes a belief Christians have a mandate to control the “seven mountains” (dominionism) of society in order for Christ to return to Earth.
After 2020, NAR leaders hosted a series of prayer calls to try to help Trump stay in power. Dominionists also helped lead the Stop the Steal effort.

There is an entire network of “prophets” who for years have rallied “prayer warriors” around Trump.

rightwingwatch.org/post/trumps-pr…
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Dec 29, 2023
NEW: Public Christian schools?
Leonard Leo’s allies and the family friends of Justice Amy Coney Barrett advance a new cause.

“If the (Supreme) court approves this, it changes everything” about public education.

via @politicopoliti.co/48eGIxS
St. Isidore is represented by the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Initiative. Notre Dame law professor Nicolle Stelle Garnett, Barrett’s personal friend of 20 years, has been the effort’s biggest champion within Notre Dame and working with St. Isidore from the start.
The legal team representing the virtual charter school board, the Alliance Defending Freedom, helped develop arguments that led to the end of Roe.

It is significantly funded by donor-advised funds that allow their patrons to keep their identities secret but which receive large
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Dec 3, 2023
NEW @POLITICO Investigation: most conservative briefs in high-profile cases have links to a small cadre of activists aligned with Leonard Leo.

A first-of-its-kind review confirming the following:
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Story:
politico.com/video/2023/11/…
politico.com/news/2023/12/0…
1. Leo and his network of nonprofits are either directly or indirectly connected to a majority of amicus briefs filed on behalf of conservative parties in 7 of the biggest recent cases.

2. Multiple instances of language in the amicus briefs appearing in the court’s opinions.
3. Drom Dobbs: Alito said abortion had been a crime as far back as the 13th Century.

👉Major orgs representing historians disagree.
The argument originated with Joseph Dellapenna, a now-retired law professor who introduced it at an anti-abortion event in the 1980’s.
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Oct 31, 2023
History on who's behind defunding the IRS:
👉Cleta Mitchell (who played a role in Trump's false election claims) helped Ginni Thomas set up her own advocacy nonprofit and championed the successful effort.

politi.co/3ExpGO9
Mitchell's allies were at the time erecting a vast network of Tea Party-aligned groups, and the IRS was scrutinizing the explosion.

Since then, Leo has built a vast network of advocacy around the Supreme Court using nonprofit tax laws.

The movement’s triumphs are now visible.
but its engine remains hidden: A billion-dollar network of groups, most registered as tax-exempt charities or social welfare organizations.

Taking advantage of gaps in disclosure laws, they shield the identities of most of their donors and some of the recipients of the funds.
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