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Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:58 AM Jul 2018

You May Never Know Who Owns Your Representative Or Senator

Mnuchin Covers Up Congressional Campaign Spending by Corporations, Billionaires, Even Russians
By Jillian S. Ambroz

Call it Déjà GRU.

The U.S. Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin’s recent decision to remove the already limited government oversight on dark money groups could open the doors for foreign donors. Add to that the FEC’s inability to regulate online advertising, which is expected to see $2 billion flood the digital platforms such as Facebook and Google this mid-term season. And then there’s Vladimir V. Putin’s generous offer to help us with our cybersecurity problem at the Helsinki Summit. And it feels like 2016 all over again.

But let’s take a closer look at the Treasury’s recent move to loosen donor disclosure requirements.

It means groups like the National Rifle Association and the Koch Brothers’ Super PAC Americans for Prosperity don’t have to disclose their donors to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), because they are not pure political organizations. Under the new requirements, only charities and political organizations must continue to report donor information to the IRS.

That means less transparency for campaign financing and less information for voters.

https://www.dcreport.org/2018/07/23/you-may-never-know-who-owns-your-representative-or-senator/

Call it Déjà GRU.


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