All posts tagged "Pacs"

Are you a lobbyist itching for a fishing trip with Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), the top Republican on the powerful Senate Finance Committee?

How about skiing and face time with Crapo?

For years, Crapo has brazenly given donors to his political action committee a veritable menu for the access that their money can buy....

Thieves targeting political committees are at it again, this time running off with nearly $40,000 from a political action committee supporting miners, according to a Raw Story review of federal records.

The United Mine Workers of America – Coal Miners PAC lost $37,000 because an unidentified thief “hacked” its bank account on Feb. 29, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission.

The union’s membership ranges from coal miners to manufacturing workers to health care workers to corrections officers. ...

A political action committee for Planned Parenthood lost more than $14,000 to fraud, according to federal records reviewed by Raw Story.

Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest PAC reported to the Federal Election Commission four “fraudulent transaction(s) under dispute with bank,” totaling $14,156.25 over the course of December.

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Donald Trump has so far been leaning on his PACs to fund his legal defense bills, and could in theory attempt to do the same with other massive legal judgments, but that strategy is running on fumes, according to Jen Psaki Saturday.

Psaki, former White House press secretary and current MSNBC host, recently called out Trump's 'demeaning' view of women. Now, she's looking at the former president's financials.

Psaki noted that Trump's PACs reportedly spent $50 million on his legal expenses last year, and that the campaign spent more cash than it raised in the last three months of 2023. She also highlighted that Trump's largest PAC, MAGA Inc., "spent more than it raised in the last half of 2023," including $30 million funneled toward his largest source of legal defense funding....

Money continues to trickle into Robert Piaro’s political action committees, despite federal charges of fraud against Piaro for allegedly soliciting “donations” under the guise of supporting veterans, emergency responders and breast cancer research.

Piaro, 73, was arrested Aug. 17 in Wisconsin and released on a $2 million bond. Prosecutors said he “exploited these important causes and the good intentions of everyday citizens to steal millions of dollars in small donations.”

A Raw Story review of Federal Election Commission records shows that the Association for Emergency Responders & Firefighters PAC reported Tuesday that it took in $171 during the third quarter of 2023 and still had $6,819 of cash on hand....