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BadGimp's JournalMassive dark money windfall: New conservative group got $1.6 billion from single donor
Source: CNN
(CNN)A new group led by a prominent conservative lawyer has received $1.6 billion from one donor -- the largest single contribution to a politically focused nonprofit that's ever been made public, and a fortune that could be used to fuel right-wing interests.
The nonprofit, Marble Freedom Trust, received the contribution in the form of stock and then funneled more than $200 million to other conservative organizations last year, a tax form CNN obtained from the IRS shows.
Marble Freedom is led by Leonard Leo, the co-chairman of the conservative Federalist Society, who advised former President Donald Trump on his Supreme Court picks and runs a sprawling network of other right-wing nonprofits that don't disclose their donors, which are often referred to as dark money groups.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/22/politics/dark-money-donation-conservative-group-invs/index.html
How is this a good thing for Democracy?
Personally, I am stunned, and that rarely happens.
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