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In reply to the discussion: Payments to company owned by Ocasio-Cortez aide come under scrutiny [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)63. Here are some of the details (I did this earlier in the year, had to check the numbers):
First there are TWO LLCs, Brand New Congress and Brand New Campaign. Both of those as well and Justice Democrats (PAC) and Brand New Congress (PAC) were founded by Chakrabarti (Justice Democrats had several founders as well as Chakrabarti)
Justice Democrats (PAC):
$605,849 to Brand New Congress LLC
Brand New Congress (PAC):
$261,165 to Brand New Congress LLC
$205,154 to Brand New Campaign LLC
More than $1 million has been paid to the LLCs founded by Chakrabarti by two PAC founded by Chakrabarti.
These are facts taken from FEC.gov filings by the two. Unfortunately, being LLCs, no financial data is available for Brand New Congress and Brand New Campaign.
Yes, I'd say there is fast maneuvering going on with the funds.
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lapucelle
Jul 2019
OP
If those details serve Drumpfuck by dividing us further I think we'll hear about them soon.
Ponietz
Jul 2019
#15
I'm thinking that they are saying the OP has an ax to grind with AOC and or her chief of staff.
UniteFightBack
Jul 2019
#39
But that person failed to disclose whether he or she thought that it was a prime soup bone,
Blue_true
Jul 2019
#11
Yeah, he got called out on that one (and others) so deleted it, even though he stands by his point..
George II
Jul 2019
#13
+1. Chakrabarti is a provocateur who couldn't care less about justice or democracy
dalton99a
Jul 2019
#22
Hardly surprising. Didn't the justice democrats support her primary opponent?
GulfCoast66
Jul 2019
#29
That kind of reminds me of the insurance company that would never answer their telephone,
TexasTowelie
Jul 2019
#76
seeing as you made an OP of this RW-pushed tosh, I shall reply as I did when you slipped it into a
Celerity
Jul 2019
#23
I'm sure if you wanted to you could have found non-right wing sources for most, if not all...
George II
Jul 2019
#26
there are very few non RW stories on it, and I used a couple, plus it IS a RW-started story
Celerity
Jul 2019
#27
The OP was based on a Washington Post article. Ask trump if they're a "right wing" source.
George II
Jul 2019
#28
they got the story from RW sources, and it was a RW non profit who filed the complaint
Celerity
Jul 2019
#34
yes, but WaPo is simplying reporting a RW-started, RW-spread (ALL before the WaPo story) series of
Celerity
Jul 2019
#68
Thirteen of those disgusting right wing sources post-date the Washinton Post story.
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#44
as I showed in multiple posts, the entire thing was started by a RW podcaster, then a RW non-profit
Celerity
Jul 2019
#67
Pls give us the short version. What's your take on this? Any merit to the allegations?
brush
Jul 2019
#52
Here are some of the details (I did this earlier in the year, had to check the numbers):
George II
Jul 2019
#63
Chakrabarti gave an interview to the Washinton Post magazine that was published this week.
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#56
In the link you provided, sheshe didn't argue "quite forcefully that she was not
betsuni
Jul 2019
#112
I am going to argue quite forcefully that there can never be too many facepalms in this matter.
betsuni
Jul 2019
#118
When anyone says a person color actions are racist, they are calling them racist.
sheshe2
Jul 2019
#84
I think all of this is just sour grapes on the part of Mr. Chakrabarti. Remember:
George II
Jul 2019
#86
That may have added insult to injury in the mind of Chakrabarti once Davids won...
George II
Jul 2019
#89
This is about Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress, NOT AOC. Here's Cenk's explanation.
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#85
Chakrabarti is a multi-millionaire, probably many times over. He was the founding engineer....
George II
Jul 2019
#95
your username is, alas, becoming an extraordinarily tendentious and disliked way of carrying
Celerity
Jul 2019
#104
WHY is this guy running his mouth? He needs to STFU and just do his job. We have AOC to tweet shit
UniteFightBack
Jul 2019
#41