is he trying to recoup some of the billionaire's money through a tax loophole? double smackdownThe application for tax-exempt status submitted to the IRS in the fall of 2010 by Crossroads GPS, the Karl Rove-linked dark money group, has been obtained and was published online Friday by ProPublica.
In the confidential document, Crossroads GPS acknowledged that it intended to influence elections. “Consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the organization may, in the future, develop and/or distribute independent political communications,” it said. But, the group added, “[a]ny such activity will be limited in amount, and will not constitute the organization’s primary purpose.”
The group eventually reported over $70 million in election spending to the Federal Election Commission in 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Most of that money went to opposing Democrats, and, as ProPublica points out, the group also announced it spent an additional $50 million on anti-Obama ads outside the window during which it was required to report spending to the FEC.
we all know they don't report the tens of thousands of bribe and under the counter money and the skim.
is that not double dipping tax exempt status and milking the funds on the other end? we know Rove is a crook so not a great leap to criminal intent and activity false claims tio federal agency.
In the 2010 filing, the group also offered a breakdown of its planned activities, saying 50 percent of its efforts would go to “public education,” 30 percent would go to “activity to influence legislation and policymaking,” and 20 percent would go to “research.”
The document said that the group’s public education efforts would, among other things, be conducted “through a wide variety of communications channels, including paid advertising,” while the activity to influence legislation and policymaking would engage “citizens to participate in grassroots advocacy on pending legislative issues through paid advertising, mailings, e-mails, and web-based advocacy tools.”
After reviewing the filing on behalf of ProPublica, Paul Ryan, senior counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, said the statement “does not seem to align with what they actually did, which was to raise and spend hundreds of millions to influence candidate elections.”``typical republican oUtcome figures don't add up can you say RICO?
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
