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Fri Feb 25, 2022, 07:35 PM Feb 2022

CPAC Is Not Registered As A Foreign Agent, But Is Taking Money From Foreign Interests Anyway

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cpac-fara-foreign-interests_n_62193e3de4b0f800ce212893

ORLANDO, Fla. — Organizers of the CPAC conference have taken tens of thousands of dollars in sponsorship fees from foreign interests – including one which is actively advocating against legislation before Congress – without registering as foreign agents.

Neither Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, nor CPAC itself appears to be registered as a foreign representative under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, a circumstance that drew a complaint to the Department of Justice this week.

“There is sufficient evidence of alleged violations to support a federal criminal or civil investigation,” the complaint reads, according to a copy obtained by HuffPost.

The complaint names Schlapp, his wife, Mercedes Schlapp, a former Trump White House official and prominent player at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the American Conservative Union, the ACU Foundation, and Cove Strategies, Matt Schlapp’s consulting firm...
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CPAC Is Not Registered As A Foreign Agent, But Is Taking Money From Foreign Interests Anyway (Original Post) blogslug Feb 2022 OP
Its okay we will all stand by until it's too late to stop the traitors. onecaliberal Feb 2022 #1
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