Trump’s PAC Gave Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows’ Group $1 Million Weeks After Jan. 6 Probe Launched
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Former President Donald Trump’s political action committee donated $1 million to the Conservative Partnership Institute, a conservative non-profit organization where his loyal former chief of staff Mark Meadows is a senior partner— just a few weeks after a congressional probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was announced, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday evening.
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Former President Donald Trump’s political action committee donated $1 million to the Conservative Partnership Institute, a conservative non-profit organization where his loyal former chief of staff Mark Meadows is a senior partner— just a few weeks after a congressional probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was announced, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday evening.
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KEY FACTS
Trump’s Save America PAC made the $1 million contribution on July 26, according to a filing to the Federal Election Commission, which was first reported by NBC News.
The donation came weeks after the House voted to create a committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol on July 1.
The House of Representatives have since recommended for the Department of Justice to pursue contempt of Congress charges against Meadows for his refusal to comply with the investigation.
The Conservative Partnership Institute did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes, but Chief Operating Officer Wesley Denton said in a statement to NBC News the institute is “proud to have the support of President Trump” to aid in their “work to build and unite the conservative movement.”
Trump’s PAC donated $1.35 million during the last six months of 2021, according to the filing, with $1 million going to the CPI and many of the remaining donations went to dozens of candidates for federal and state office.
BIG NUMBER
$122 million. That’s how much cash on hand Trump’s political operation had at the start of 2022, according to filings to the FEC. The amount is more than double the cash the Republican National Committee has on hand, the New York Times reports. Trump raised $51 million in the second half of 2021, according to the filing.
KEY BACKGROUND
The January 6 committee has subpoenaed or requested information from dozens of Trump allies as part of its investigation into the attack. Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist, was hit with criminal contempt charges in November for his refusal to comply with the investigation, and has pleaded not guilty. Meadows could also face charges, after the House recommended to hold him in contempt of Congress in December. Several Trump aides have cooperated with the committee, while others like Alex Jones and Roger Stone, plead the fifth during their depositions.
TANGENT
Trump reportedly had a direct role in an attempt to seize voting machines in key swing states following the results of the 2020 Election, the Times reports. Trump reportedly ordered his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to call the Department of Homeland Security to inquire about the legality of taking voting machines six weeks after Election Day. Politico reported earlier this month at least one executive order had been drafted to obtain the voting machines, though it was never enacted.
FURTHER READING
Trump gave $1M to Meadows nonprofit weeks after Jan. 6 panel's creation (NBC News)
Trump Entered 2022 With $122 Million in the Bank (The New York Times)
House Votes To Hold Mark Meadows In Contempt—Indictment Could Follow (Forbes)
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Former President Donald Trump's political action committee Save America donated $1 million last year to the Conservative Partnership Institute, a nonprofit organization where Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows serves as a senior partner.
As Politico reported, it's one of several donations Trump's PAC made to law firms and other entities linked to people who have been swept up in Congress' investigation into the Capitol riot.
The donation to Meadows' nonprofit was dated July 26, 2021.
Meadows initially cooperated with the House panel investigating the Capitol riot but reversed course in December, refusing to appear for a deposition and suing to block two subpoenas, one of which was issued to Verizon for his phone records.
Trump's PAC also gave $25,000 to a law firm representing the former Trump communications aide Dan Scavino, who tried to anonymously sue the January 6 committee to block a subpoena of Verizon for his phone records.
The political action committee also gave money to Abel Bean Law, which is representing Trump's spokesperson Taylor Budowich. Politico noted that Budowich testified and provided documents to the January 6 committee but recently sued the panel over a subpoena it issued to his bank.
And Save America PAC shelled out to JP Rowley Law PLLC, a firm representing the GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who was instrumental in Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and participated in a phone call in which Trump urged Georgia's secretary of state to "find" enough votes to swing the state's results in Trump's favor.
The $50,000 payment to the firm representing Mitchell was described as "legal consulting" and dated November 29, 2021. Less than a month later, she filed a lawsuit seeking to squash the January 6 committee's subpoena of her phone records.
The seven-figure sum that the Save America PAC gave to Meadows' nonprofit was its biggest contribution in the second half of 2021, according to new federal filings. In total, the committee donated $1,350,000 to "like-minded causes and endorsed candidates," the former president's team said in a press release.
Meadows' refusal to cooperate with the January 6 committee's investigation prompted the House to vote to hold him in contempt of Congress. The vote triggered a criminal contempt referral to the Justice Department, which is weighing whether to formally prosecute the former chief of staff.
But the department's deliberations could be complicated by Meadows' lawsuit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the January 6 committee. He asked a court to invalidate the "two overly broad and unduly burdensome subpoenas," which he claimed were "issued in whole or part without legal authority in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States."
The select panel's chair Rep. Bennie Thompson and vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney released a joint statement calling Meadows' lawsuit "flawed" and saying it "won't succeed at slowing down the Select Committee's investigation or stopping us from getting the information we're seeking."
Rep. Adam Schiff of California, a member of the select panel, said that Meadows undermined his own argument for withholding information from the committee because he wrote about matters related to the Capitol riot in his new memoir.
He's also spoken publicly and in media interviews about the Capitol riot, despite saying he can't share details about it with the select committee because they're shielded by executive privilege.
"If you talk publicly about matters you claim are privilege, you've waived that privilege," the former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti recently noted. "Meadows can't answer [Fox News host Sean Hannity's] questions and refuse to answer questions about the same subject matter from Congress."
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Trump’s PAC Gave Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows’ Group $1 Million Weeks After Jan. 6 Probe Launched
The House of Representatives voted in December to recommend for the Department of Justice to bring contempt charges against Meadows for not cooperating with the January 6 investigation.
www.forbes.com
Former President Donald Trump’s political action committee donated $1 million to the Conservative Partnership Institute, a conservative non-profit organization where his loyal former chief of staff Mark Meadows is a senior partner— just a few weeks after a congressional probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was announced, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday evening.
TOPLINE
Former President Donald Trump’s political action committee donated $1 million to the Conservative Partnership Institute, a conservative non-profit organization where his loyal former chief of staff Mark Meadows is a senior partner— just a few weeks after a congressional probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was announced, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday evening.
Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during the 'Save America' rally at the ... [+]
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KEY FACTS
Trump’s Save America PAC made the $1 million contribution on July 26, according to a filing to the Federal Election Commission, which was first reported by NBC News.
The donation came weeks after the House voted to create a committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol on July 1.
The House of Representatives have since recommended for the Department of Justice to pursue contempt of Congress charges against Meadows for his refusal to comply with the investigation.
The Conservative Partnership Institute did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes, but Chief Operating Officer Wesley Denton said in a statement to NBC News the institute is “proud to have the support of President Trump” to aid in their “work to build and unite the conservative movement.”
Trump’s PAC donated $1.35 million during the last six months of 2021, according to the filing, with $1 million going to the CPI and many of the remaining donations went to dozens of candidates for federal and state office.
BIG NUMBER
$122 million. That’s how much cash on hand Trump’s political operation had at the start of 2022, according to filings to the FEC. The amount is more than double the cash the Republican National Committee has on hand, the New York Times reports. Trump raised $51 million in the second half of 2021, according to the filing.
KEY BACKGROUND
The January 6 committee has subpoenaed or requested information from dozens of Trump allies as part of its investigation into the attack. Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist, was hit with criminal contempt charges in November for his refusal to comply with the investigation, and has pleaded not guilty. Meadows could also face charges, after the House recommended to hold him in contempt of Congress in December. Several Trump aides have cooperated with the committee, while others like Alex Jones and Roger Stone, plead the fifth during their depositions.
TANGENT
Trump reportedly had a direct role in an attempt to seize voting machines in key swing states following the results of the 2020 Election, the Times reports. Trump reportedly ordered his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to call the Department of Homeland Security to inquire about the legality of taking voting machines six weeks after Election Day. Politico reported earlier this month at least one executive order had been drafted to obtain the voting machines, though it was never enacted.
FURTHER READING
Trump gave $1M to Meadows nonprofit weeks after Jan. 6 panel's creation (NBC News)
Trump Entered 2022 With $122 Million in the Bank (The New York Times)
House Votes To Hold Mark Meadows In Contempt—Indictment Could Follow (Forbes)
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Trump gave $1M to Meadows nonprofit weeks after Jan. 6 panel's creation
The contribution was made to the Conservative Partnership Institute, where Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, is a senior partner.
Trump's political action committee donated $1 million to Mark Meadows' nonprofit
The seven-figure sum is the biggest contribution Trump's PAC made in the last six months of 2021, according to new federal filings.
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- Trump's PAC donated $1 million to the conservative nonprofit that employs Mark Meadows.
- It's the biggest contribution Trump's committee made in the last six months of 2021.
- It's also one of several payments the PAC made to entities linked to people swept up in Congress' Capitol riot probe.
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Former President Donald Trump's political action committee Save America donated $1 million last year to the Conservative Partnership Institute, a nonprofit organization where Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows serves as a senior partner.
As Politico reported, it's one of several donations Trump's PAC made to law firms and other entities linked to people who have been swept up in Congress' investigation into the Capitol riot.
The donation to Meadows' nonprofit was dated July 26, 2021.
Meadows initially cooperated with the House panel investigating the Capitol riot but reversed course in December, refusing to appear for a deposition and suing to block two subpoenas, one of which was issued to Verizon for his phone records.
Trump's PAC also gave $25,000 to a law firm representing the former Trump communications aide Dan Scavino, who tried to anonymously sue the January 6 committee to block a subpoena of Verizon for his phone records.
The political action committee also gave money to Abel Bean Law, which is representing Trump's spokesperson Taylor Budowich. Politico noted that Budowich testified and provided documents to the January 6 committee but recently sued the panel over a subpoena it issued to his bank.
And Save America PAC shelled out to JP Rowley Law PLLC, a firm representing the GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who was instrumental in Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and participated in a phone call in which Trump urged Georgia's secretary of state to "find" enough votes to swing the state's results in Trump's favor.
The $50,000 payment to the firm representing Mitchell was described as "legal consulting" and dated November 29, 2021. Less than a month later, she filed a lawsuit seeking to squash the January 6 committee's subpoena of her phone records.
The seven-figure sum that the Save America PAC gave to Meadows' nonprofit was its biggest contribution in the second half of 2021, according to new federal filings. In total, the committee donated $1,350,000 to "like-minded causes and endorsed candidates," the former president's team said in a press release.
Meadows' refusal to cooperate with the January 6 committee's investigation prompted the House to vote to hold him in contempt of Congress. The vote triggered a criminal contempt referral to the Justice Department, which is weighing whether to formally prosecute the former chief of staff.
But the department's deliberations could be complicated by Meadows' lawsuit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the January 6 committee. He asked a court to invalidate the "two overly broad and unduly burdensome subpoenas," which he claimed were "issued in whole or part without legal authority in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States."
The select panel's chair Rep. Bennie Thompson and vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney released a joint statement calling Meadows' lawsuit "flawed" and saying it "won't succeed at slowing down the Select Committee's investigation or stopping us from getting the information we're seeking."
Rep. Adam Schiff of California, a member of the select panel, said that Meadows undermined his own argument for withholding information from the committee because he wrote about matters related to the Capitol riot in his new memoir.
He's also spoken publicly and in media interviews about the Capitol riot, despite saying he can't share details about it with the select committee because they're shielded by executive privilege.
"If you talk publicly about matters you claim are privilege, you've waived that privilege," the former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti recently noted. "Meadows can't answer [Fox News host Sean Hannity's] questions and refuse to answer questions about the same subject matter from Congress."
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24 episode series boy i tell ya!! so much goes unnoticed or ignored !!! they literally flooded the zone with so much fuckery !!!
..
...and i forgot the all the bomb threats to HBCus so much fuckery but these the guy we shouldve voted for tho'
