Michael Pack (who Trump was whinging about just now) is a RW shitehawk with a very dodgy history

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Trump’s nominee to lead federal media agency funded a private company with donations from his nonprofit

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/20/trump-nominee-michael-pack-used-nonprofit-donations-to-fund-media-firm.html

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead a federal media organization has been funding his own private film company with donations from a nonprofit that he runs. Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker, saw at least $1.6 million in donations from his nonprofit sent into the coffers of his independent production company, Manifold Productions, according to disclosure forms reviewed by CNBC.

Since 2011, Pack’s nonprofit, the Public Media Lab, has listed only Manifold as the benefactor of these donations and consistently describes the purpose of the grant as “for the production of educational films.” That includes the latest filing from 2017, when the group wrote a $300,000 check to Manifold.

That year, Public Media Lab received $900,000 in contributions.The nonprofit’s mission statement focuses on receiving and awarding grants that will develop and support educational documentary films and filmmakers. Pack is listed as the principal officer and director of the nonprofit.

The phone number listed on the disclosure is identical to the one listed on Manifold Productions’ website. It’s unclear what happened after Manifold’s company received the money. The firm did not return multiple requests for comment. The details about Pack’s business dealings were revealed as senators review his nomination and Democrats begin to scrutinize him. Pack, who was once the CEO of conservative think tank the Claremont Institute, has ties to former White House chief strategist and Trump campaign boss Steve Bannon.

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Film company founded by Trump nominee Michael Pack profited off fund-raising deal with think tank he ran

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/24/film-company-founded-by-trump-nominee-profited-off-think-tank-deal.html

A film company founded by President Donald Trump’s nominee to run a federal media agency signed a commercial fundraising contract with the Claremont Institute, a nonprofit conservative think tank.

The catch is that Trump’s choice to be CEO of the agency was Claremont’s president when the five figure deal was signed.

The unreported contract was signed in 2016 by Pack’s wife, Gina, who is listed as the vice president of their production company, Manifold Productions, along with Claremont’s then chief operating officer Ryan Williams. The contract shows that Pack not only led Claremont at the time. He was also listed as a director at Manifold.

Pack’s business dealings could raise concerns among Senate Democrats charged with considering his confirmation. The deal to lead the fund-raising efforts for Claremont was worth $75,000 to Pack’s private film company Manifold, which was paid in $6,250 installments each month.

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Trump's Choice for Broadcasting Chief Remains in Limbo

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/11/23/trumps_choice_for_broadcasting_chief_remains_in_limbo__141805.html

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1. Thank you. I was trying to find out more about this.

I'm going to look into it more now that I have more info to go on.