David Brock world scores fresh checks from dark money donors
To Media Matters for America and the American Independent Foundation, two progressive groups formed by the conservative journalist-turned-Democratic operative David Brock, the scourge of so-called right-wing “dark money” is a stain on democracy.
Media Matters once declared, in a blog post on its website that Brock promoted, that the press ignores “the GOP’s dark money problem.”
However, the Brock-linked groups have also long relied on anonymous donations from shadowy organizations to keep their lights on, tax records show.
Newly filed disclosures with the IRS covering 2023 show Media Matters and the American Independent Foundation scooped up hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Hopewell Fund. The charity is part of a massive Democratic-aligned dark money network called Arabella Advisors, overseeing groups that, in turn, do not release details on their finances thanks to lax federal disclosure laws.
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To Media Matters for America and the American Independent Foundation, two progressive groups formed by the conservative journalist-turned-Democratic operative David Brock, the scourge of so-called right-wing “dark money” is a stain on democracy.
Media Matters once declared, in a blog post on its website that Brock promoted, that the press ignores “the GOP’s dark money problem.”
However, the Brock-linked groups have also long relied on anonymous donations from shadowy organizations to keep their lights on, tax records show.
Newly filed disclosures with the IRS covering 2023 show Media Matters and the American Independent Foundation scooped up hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Hopewell Fund. The charity is part of a massive Democratic-aligned dark money network called Arabella Advisors, overseeing groups that, in turn, do not release details on their finances thanks to lax federal disclosure laws.
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