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CPAC treasurer accuses chief Matt Schlapp of financial, personnel mismanagement
Source: Washington Post
Matt Schlapp, the prominent Trump ally who leads the influential Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), was accused this week of mismanaging money and staff in a scathing resignation letter from the parent organizations treasurer.
Bob Beauprez, the treasurer of the American Conservative Union and a board member for eight years, said he had lost confidence in the organizations financial statements and could not solicit donations in good faith. He blamed Schlapp for excessive staff departures and suggested that violations of the organizations bylaws could expose the storied institution to lawsuits or even criminal prosecution.
A cancer has been metastasizing within the organization for years. It must be diagnosed, treated, and cured, or it will destroy the organization and its foundation, Beauprez said in the letter, which was obtained by The Washington Post. Ive come to think that the expectations for my role as a director and officer is much the same as that of a mushroom To be kept in the dark and fed a lot of manure. I no longer am willing to comply.
The 13-page letter, delivered Tuesday ahead of a scheduled June 1 board meeting, escalates the internal and public pressure on Schlapp, who as ACU chairman since 2014, has become a fixture in conservative media. But his leadership is facing multiple challenges amid corporate backlash over CPACs embrace of the far right in the United States and abroad, as well as reduced turnout at its flagship Washington-area conference in March. Schlapp called the event a home run.
Bob Beauprez, the treasurer of the American Conservative Union and a board member for eight years, said he had lost confidence in the organizations financial statements and could not solicit donations in good faith. He blamed Schlapp for excessive staff departures and suggested that violations of the organizations bylaws could expose the storied institution to lawsuits or even criminal prosecution.
A cancer has been metastasizing within the organization for years. It must be diagnosed, treated, and cured, or it will destroy the organization and its foundation, Beauprez said in the letter, which was obtained by The Washington Post. Ive come to think that the expectations for my role as a director and officer is much the same as that of a mushroom To be kept in the dark and fed a lot of manure. I no longer am willing to comply.
The 13-page letter, delivered Tuesday ahead of a scheduled June 1 board meeting, escalates the internal and public pressure on Schlapp, who as ACU chairman since 2014, has become a fixture in conservative media. But his leadership is facing multiple challenges amid corporate backlash over CPACs embrace of the far right in the United States and abroad, as well as reduced turnout at its flagship Washington-area conference in March. Schlapp called the event a home run.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/25/cpac-treasurer-matt-schlapp-resigns-letter/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjEzNDYxMTMyIiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4NDk4NzIwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4NjI4MzE5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg0OTg3MjAwLCJqdGkiOiI4M2QzNGQ3Zi1mZmEzLTQxZTgtYTM0Ny02ZGVhMjE0Nzk2OTkiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vbmF0aW9uLzIwMjMvMDUvMjUvY3BhYy10cmVhc3VyZXItbWF0dC1zY2hsYXBwLXJlc2lnbnMtbGV0dGVyLyJ9.reYpa2t9gvWdsbvrwbwYSHCTFPgwLOSuwKyS2YpAZVc
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CPAC treasurer accuses chief Matt Schlapp of financial, personnel mismanagement (Original Post)
brooklynite
May 2023
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Karadeniz
(22,492 posts)1. They're all crooks !!!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,881 posts)2. What do you expect?
He's a Republican.
Warpy
(111,237 posts)3. Wow, the head of an ultra right wing organization turns out to be a crook?
Fetch the smelling salts as I look for a fainting couch somewhere.
Roy Rolling
(6,911 posts)4. Tax them
All of these subversive groups organize as charities. Revoke their tax-free status.
Too much money in the hands of crooks attracts more crooks and knockoff groups.
samsingh
(17,594 posts)5. these cowards, traitors and criminals want to run the country
we can be like russia or north korea
boilinmad
(267 posts)6. Typical republican
...fresh off his groping of a young male staffer for the Herschel Walker campaign. Deplorable as they come.