After reading this complaint filed w the FEC by CREW against Turning Point Action, Charlie Kirk's 501(c)(4), I think I know why the '20 TPA 990 is 2-1/2 months late unlike the other TPUSA affiliates 990s filed in May...
citizensforethics.org/wp-content/upl…
citizensforethics.org/wp-content/upl…
....Turning Point Action, like the other three TPUSA affiliates, has a June 30 year end. The overdue TPA 990 covers the period from July 1 '19 to June 30 '20. If money donated in that time period was used to fund campaign expenditures made bet July 1 & Dec 31' 20....
...Turning Point Action is required to report the names of those donors to the FEC which, I'm guessing, Charlie Kirk doesn't want to do. I don't know who was providing advice on compliance w FEC regulations to the TPA board but they screwed up....
...This is the letter from Turning Point Action's attorney to the FEC which apparently was satisfied w the reply. But I would think the explanation only holds water if only a minor % of TPA's '20 expenditures were campaign related....
docquery.fec.gov/pdf/036/202105…
docquery.fec.gov/pdf/036/202105…
...Bio of Turning Point Action's attorney, Eric Spencer. Impressive...
swlaw.com/people/eric_sp…
swlaw.com/people/eric_sp…
...Austin Smith, Turning Point Action Enterprise Director, filed the FEC reports on behalf of TPA. Smith's LinkedIn profile...
...Eyeballing Turning Point Action's FEC reports, TPA spent $1.53m bet July 1 '20 & Jan 2 '21 as follows:
Jason Cole's Arsenal Media - $425k
Jake Hoffman's Rally Forge - $1.1m
Other - $13k
Jason Cole's Arsenal Media - $425k
Jake Hoffman's Rally Forge - $1.1m
Other - $13k
...Jason Cole, founder of Arsenal Media, is quite the character....
minnesotareformer.com/2021/04/05/min…
minnesotareformer.com/2021/04/05/min…
..And that's all the time I have at the moment
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