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5 Aug, 13 tweets, 6 min read
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... ImageImage
...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.... ImageImage
...The statement of expenses is straightforward but the statement of revenue refers to a related organization that wasn't disclosed.... ImageImage
...I highlighted the disclosure requirement re independent contractors to emphasize how egregious the omission of the names of the recipients of $6.4m was... Image
...Despite the failure to disclose the names of the lobbyists paid $6.4m, we have a pretty good idea who at least one of the recipients was based on this June '09 WP article about CRC Public Relations aka CRC Advisors aka Creative Response Concepts... Image
...While the address on the '09 Conservatives For Patients' Rights is a virtual office & the tel # is toll-free, the '10 990 gives us a better idea who managed CFPR...
freedomworks.org/content/deans-… ImageImage
..Kelly Benedetti, former executive director of Conservatives For Patients' Rights, knew the '09 990 was deficient when she signed it in Nov '10. She knew the rules, given her disclosure re compensation on the '10 990... ImageImageImage
...In April '10, Rick Scott announced his candidacy for governor of Florida after spreading more than $9 million around in '09 to who knows who via his so called not-for-profit...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott
... Can't make this stuff up. Mary Ann Carter, Conservatives For Patients' Rights secretary & executive director in '09 who helped Rick Scott spread $9m in '09, became NEA chair in '18... Image
...Mary Ann Carter's '17 financial disclosure filed when she became Senior White House Adviser, National Endowment for the Arts, on Jan 25 '17. Her resume...
projects.propublica.org/trump-town/sta… ImageImage
...The other three Conservatives For Patients' Rights board members? Jerry Mansmann's resume...
mgchealthadvisors.com/jjeromemansmann
...Doug Van Oort's bio...
wsj.com/market-data/qu…
...And last but not least, CFPR's treasurer, Cathy Gellatly, was an accountant w Rick Scott's investment firm for more than a decade...
hollowbrookllc.com/about-us/team/… Image

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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... Image
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4 Aug
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...
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1 Aug
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… Image
....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....
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1 Aug
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... Image
...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.... Image
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?.... ImageImage
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31 Jul
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...
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