'Dark money' ties raise questions for GOP Sen. Ernst of Iowa
Source: ABC News
An outside group founded by top political aides to Sen. Joni Ernst has worked closely with the Iowa Republican to raise money and boost her reelection prospects, a degree of overlap that potentially violates the law, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
Iowa Values, a political nonprofit that is supposed to be run independently, was co-founded in 2017 by Ernst's longtime consultant, Jon Kohan. It shares a fundraiser, Claire Holloway Avella, with the Ernst campaign. And a condo owned by a former aide who was recently hired to lead the group was used as Iowa Values' address at a time when he worked for her.
Political nonprofits are often referred to as dark money groups because they can raise unlimited sums and are not required to reveal their donors. But they must take steps to keep their activities separate from the candidates they support. Additionally, while such tax-exempt groups can do political work, they cant make it their primary purpose.
The documents reviewed by the AP, including emails and a strategy memo, not only make clear that the groups aim is securing an Ernst win in 2020, but they also show Ernst and her campaign worked in close concert with Iowa Values.
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)...and how many rubes?
GeorgeGist
(25,319 posts)that Republicans can be bought?
rsdsharp
(9,165 posts)She was bought and paid for by the Koch brothers.
DBoon
(22,356 posts)Nation states figured out they could buy candidates too
mopinko
(70,078 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Every GOP candidate should be asked how much Russian money are they getting. Every democratic opponent needs to ask this directly of their opponent.
Time to take gloves off