For years, the funding behind the right-wing, pro-Trump publication The Federalist has been a total mystery. Many Twitter users have asked the website’s leaders, repeatedly, “Who funds The Federalist?” only…
“Dark Money ATM of the Conservative Movement” Gives $1.5 Million to White Nationalist Hate Group
…better future,” states the group’s 2019 donor prospectus. “Our donors support charities they believe protect our nation’s constitutional liberties and strengthen civil society through private institutions rather than with government…
DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Pumped at Least $90 Million into Right-Wing Causes in 2019
…became clear that more citizens would vote by mail, rather than in person, amidst the pandemic. The next largest DonorsTrust grant of $7 million went to The Federalist Society, 30…
CMD Joins Legal Community Call to End Baseless Claims of Election Fraud
…the candidate of one’s choice is of the essence of a democratic society, and any restriction on that right strikes at the heart of democratic government . . . [A]ny…
Koch Funding of Universities Topped $100 million in 2019
…a radically different social philosophy,’” according to Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money. For Koch to realize his vision of a libertarian, free market society, he needs trained youth to…
Right-Wing Catholic Group Spends Millions Attacking Biden, a Catholic, as an Existential Threat
…judicial confirmation network led by Federalist Society Co-Chair Leonard Leo. U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) recently mapped out that network, citing CMD’s research and reporting, in a lengthy presentation during…
Secretive Council for National Policy Closely Tied to Trump
…go-to for federal judicial candidates. All three lawyers have ties to Leo’s Federalist Society, which Leo now co-chairs, and are connected to the Trump administration. Fox News talking head diGenova…
Senator Whitehouse Calls Out Dark-Money Networks Behind Amy Coney Barrett’s SCOTUS Nomination
…so don’t tell me that it isn’t Federal Society business – on Federalist Society, on his address, he writes back, yes, send it to the Judicial Education Project, which could…
Koch-Funded Legal Group Pushes to Allow Mass Evictions During Pandemic
…and its sister group, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). NCLA is part of this fight. It is representing right-wing media company FDRLST Media, LLC, which runs The Federalist, in…
Snapshot of Secret Funding of Amicus Briefs Tied to Leonard Leo–Federalist Society Leader, Promoter of Amy Barrett
…from the Federalist Society. The Bradley grant summary states that the request for funding for JEP’s amicus briefs was “initiated by Bradley Prize recipient Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society…