Wellspring Committee's $500k donation to People United For Privacy in '18 is a good example of how the dark money crowd operates. WC's sole officer/director was Neil Corkery & it was terminated at year end....
...People United For Privacy's tax exempt status was effective Oct '17. In '18, Wellspring Committee was its only donor. PUP president is Tony Woodlief who is also an executive vice president w the State Policy Network...
...T. Raymond Conlon didn't prepare the People United For Privacy 990s but he may well have, given the substandard reporting by Marcum LLP, a DC CPA firm...
...$225k of the $269k People United For Privacy spent in '18 went to Other, the details of which were disclosed in Schedule O. PUP reported it was managed by the State Policy Network, an "unrelated organization" w/o disclosing Tony Woodlief is an executive w SPN....
...$139k of the $188k People United For Privacy expended on advance policy consulting went to Summit Consulting Group in Phoenix. A number of Summit's clients are well known... summitgroupnet.com/summit-consult…
...Why an AZ centric consulting firm? Might have something to do w PUP board member, Jess Yescalis who also has a consulting firm in Phoenix per his LinkedIn profile. If Yescalis was a Summit subcontractor, we don't know...
...Another PUP board member, Starlee Coleman, is juggling a lot of balls in the air including State Policy Network advisor...
...(In case you were curious about what Jesse Yescali's bedroom looks like, here you go. His IG account has lots of pix of all the places he's traveled to)... azcentral.com/picture-galler…
...Last but not least, PUP board member Steve Voeller is University of Arizona VP, Government & Community Relations. Wouldn't think someone in his position would be on the board of a 501c4 but, hey, it's Arizona...
...And this is all the time I have today for the Wellspring Committee & the conservative dark money network other than to say PUP took in another $500k in '19. WC was out of business so I guess the money came from whatever big $$$ organization the Corkerys are hooked up with now
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Reviewing the 990s filed by Veterans For Economic Freedom, CEO Pete Hegseth. The preparer, Michael J. Engle, is the Koch's go-to CPA for all their not-for-profits including the one formerly headed by Mike Roman...
More later. Wanted to point out to interested parties how to find the 990s for Veterans For Economic Freedom dba Concerned Veterans For America. The address is a UPS store box despite paying rent & hiring numerous employees.
Veterans For Economic Freedom dba Concerned Veterans For America was registered in Delaware in Oct 2012 & the year end is Sept 30. Looks like Wade Zirkle may have helped Hegseth land the CEO position...
I want to walk thru what happened late last night re the secret Frum fundraiser for Trump, scheduled to be held at Trump Tower on Sept 5. At 1 pm yesterday, @TheBelaaz posted about the fundraiser...
At 8:30 last night, Sheya Landa tweeted that Team Trump told him to keep the fundraiser secret & was upset about the Belaaz News scoop. Landa is an advisor to Nassau County Exec Bruce Blakeman & his father, Ben, was slated to attend...
Three minutes later, Sheya Landa tweeted that the fundraiser was cancelled. At 11 pm, Belaaz News confirmed the event was cancelled...
Speaking of Chicago, who is Onisim "Nick" Dorfneau & why he is on the board of Trump Org?
Per LinkedIn, Onisim Dorneau has an educational background in computer forensics, criminal justice & policing, nuclear power technician & counterterrorism training...
Onisim Dorneau apparently is one of three founders of Moogle Pharma, a Romanian company registered in 2020 that aims "to become one of the main international distributors of medicines"... mooglepharma.com/#home
Congrats @DanFoganholi on yr appointment by Gov DeSantis to the State Board of Ed. Re yr position w New Generations Children’s Ministry - its IRS tax exempt status was revoked after filing a single 990-N in 2014....
The New Generations Children’s Ministry website is now inactive. Per the internet archive, it looks the website was reactivated in 2022 after being inactive for several years...
Per Gov DeSantis' press release, you also are the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Brazilian American Coalition which, according to , hasn't existed since Sept 2023 & never filed for a FEIN.... sunbiz.org
Not enough attention has been paid to Santos campaign finance director Lianna Farnesi. After college, she was trained by the Heritage Foundation, worked for the Trump campaign & then Templar Baker where she was assigned to the Santos campaign....
Funny how Elise Stefanik knew right off the bat Farnesi wasn't involved in covering up Santos' malfeasance even though she was intimately involved in the Santos campaign inner workings. Same tel # for this RSVP...
Oh. Lianna Farnesi has been on the NRCC's payroll since Jan 2023. Which means the NRCC, not Elise Stefanik, is paying Farnesi to work on Stefanik's campaign. Also footing her legal bills? (ty @jgmac1106)....
Trump's elaborate plan to keep his romance w Melania secret & apply for the Einstein visa has to be seen in the context of his pre-nup & divorce from Marla Maples. Per NYS Supreme Court:
Per Gabriel Sherman for Vanity Fair, Trump would only have to pay Marla Maples $1M if they separated within five years of their marriage on Dec 20 1993... vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/m…
The whole stupid made up story about meeting Melania for the first time in Sept 1998 could have been avoided if Trump didn't have a giant inflated ego... vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/t…