Americans for Responsible Leadership Admits Campaign Money Laundering, Discloses $11 Million Donor
Source: California Fair Political Practices Commission
Sacramento - Americans for Responsible Leadership, the Arizona non-profit corporation that made an anonymous $11 million donation to a California campaign committee, today sent a letter declaring itself to be the intermediary and not the true source of the contribution. It identified the true source of the contribution as Americans for Job Security, through a second intermediary, The Center to Protect Patient Rights. Under California law, the failure to disclose this initially was campaign money laundering. At $11 million, this is the largest contribution ever disclosed as campaign money laundering in California history.
"The persistence and hard work of the FPPC has won a significant and lasting victory for transparency in the political process," said Ann Ravel, Chair of the FPPC. "We will continue in this matter and all others to ensure that the people of California know who is funding political activity in this State."
California's Political Reform Act requires disclosure to the people of California of the true source of campaign donations. This information is required in most cases before the election, when it matters. The Act requires those who serve as intermediaries, or middlemen, for contributions to disclose their true source to the recipient of the contribution.
"This case also demonstrates the need for reform to make sure true donors are disclosed and can't hide behind innocuous committee names," said Ravel. "The people of California deserve better."
Read more: http://www.fppc.ca.gov/press_release.php?pr_id=766
Source: San Jose Mercury News
A group tied to David and Charles Koch, the billionaire brothers who have played an outsize role in spreading anonymous political cash around the country, was behind the shadowy Arizona group's $11 million donation to a California business group.
... Ravel named the Center to Protect Patient Rights, an offshoot of the Koch brothers' Americans For Prosperity, as the group that made the donation.
... The Arizona group is a 501(c)4 nonprofit advocacy organization, which under IRS rules does not have to reveal donors' names. These groups have become prominent in this election cycle as hundreds of millions of dollars in political cash was unleashed by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision to allow unlimited corporate spending in campaigns.
Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/elections/ci_21932215/fppc-releases-names-donors-who-made-secret-11
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Shocked to find out that money laundering is going on in this establishment! 
you have to hit their pocketbook. That is the only thing that would affect this activity. I think all money found to be sent through these groups (laundered), needs to be confiscated (or enormous fines) and used to combat citizens united and the whole "purchasing of candidates" political landscape. This country is being taken hostage by these special interest groups. Until their pocket books are hit, nothing will change. It will eventually be the people who stand up and say NO MORE. 
