Another day, another conservative dark money not-for-profit. Health Defense Freedom Fund, registered in WY in Aug '20 to an Idaho address, is suing the federal government over airline mask mandates... tampabay.com/news/health/20…
...Here we go. Health Defense Freedom Fund was founded by Leslie Manookian who produced an anti-vaccine documentary... lesliemanookian.com/about/
...Sara Pope, one of the plaintiffs. claims she skipped a trip to Hawaii over mask anxiety. Pope runs several businesses including this one... thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/about/
...While Sara Pope is no longer on the board of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Leslie Manookian is... westonaprice.org/about-us/board…
...Looks like the Weston A. Price Foundation can afford to fund these lawsuits after receiving a $2.7m donation from an estate. Interestingly enough, the lawyer repping the plaintiffs is linked to the energy industry... thecleanpowergroup.com/copy-of-team-1
...Another plaintiff, Justin Mahwikizi, described himself as a driver for a ride share service but that's not how he describes himself on Twitter or his Linkedin profile... travelpulse.com/news/impacting…
...Fourth plaintiff, Jonathan Corbett, an attorney, sued the TSA in '14 over screening procedures... law.justia.com/cases/federal/…
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For those of you just tuning in, Moshe Lax was Ivanka's jewelry business partner for a decade & they remain close friends. Two years ago, the DOJ filed a civil complaint against Moshe for evading $62 million in taxes. I've chronicled Moshe's exploits for the last four years...
...The only reporter to cover Moshe Lax in depth was @SchreckReports for both Politico & GQ. For what seems like the 100th time, I'm going to post links to his four stories. First... politico.com/magazine/story…
Senator Rick Scott's campaign against the Affordable Care Act in '09 via his Conservatives For Patients' Rights is a notorious case of not-for-profit abuse. First off, it was registered as a 501c3 when it was clearly a 501c4 but, hey, Rick wanted the tax deduction...
...Rick Scott, president, authorized spending $6.4 million to lobby against the ACA. Who were the recipients? Other than payments to two vendors totaling $704k, we don't know....
...The statement of expenses is straightforward but the statement of revenue refers to a related organization that wasn't disclosed....
Judicial Crisis Network operates as:
Concord Fund
Free To Learn Action
Honest Election Project Action
...Honest Election website, Jason Snead, Executive Director, formerly of the Heritage Fdn You would have no idea this is the Judicial Crisis Network under a different name. Same EIN 20-2303252 honestelections.org/about/
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…
....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....
The Wellspring Committee's '15 payment of $500k to the "Opportunity Solutions Corporation" is a good example of how money gets shuffled around in the conservative dark money network w/ little or zero oversight...
...The Opportunity Solutions Corporation was registered in VA on July 1 '15 to a virtual office address in Arlington & was out of business by Nov '17....
Thomas Raymond Conlon, Neil Corkery & Leonard Leo's CPA of choice, prepared the Wellspring Committee '15 990 so, as usual, disclosure as to how the money was spent is inadequate. Who was the consultant paid $310K? Who knows?....
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...