John, do you recognize the name Leonard Leo?
You might remember him from his role in selecting all three of Trump's Supreme Court appointees. Or for his scandalous secret payments to Ginni Thomas. Now, his dark money network is at work dismantling abortion rights.
Leonard Leo financed the nonprofit that bankrolled a misleading text message campaign pretending a Kansas ballot measure would “give women a choice,” when it actually would have eliminated state abortion protections.
That’s right, Leonard Leo is using $1.6 billion in dark money to further restrict abortion access.
It’s absolutely critical that we fight back against dark money in politics, so we know who is meddling in our elections and how much. CREW is doing just that, and we need your help to continue our work. →
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We’ve been tracking how Leo’s dark money operation raises all this anonymous cash for years. This new reporting shows how Leo’s network has been quietly working to influence abortion policy in the states utilizing his historic $1.6 billion dark money fund, but this isn’t the first time we’ve seen Leo spending big to influence politics.
- A group with deep ties to Leo poured millions of dollars into helping former President Trump swing the Supreme Court sharply to the right (he even counseled Trump on judicial picks)
- For the past decade, Leo has led a multimillion-dollar effort to distort state judicial elections, including for state supreme courts
- Leo arranged for Ginni Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars, specifying that her name be left off billing records – which means Thomas’s family was getting paid by a group with an interest before the Supreme Court
Leonard Leo is absolutely flooding politics with his billionaire dollars through shady dark money. This anonymous spending is undermining our democracy.
If our government is truly to be of the people, by the people, and for the people, then we need to eliminate this dark money. We need transparency and disclosure of campaign expenditures. We need campaign finance reform.
If you agree, please help CREW in this critical fight by donating to support our work for a transparent, ethical government today →
Thank you,
Team CREW
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