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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Insider transactions that result in the insider receiving an excessive return, i.e., one that is greater than what fair market terms and conditions would provide, can lead to loss of tax-exempt status or the imposition of a penalty excise tax on the insider of 25 percent of the excessive amount, or both.
52% : A quick scan of the groups receiving money from the Donor Trust in 2021 and 2022 includes many entities that Leo has publicly supported, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, $1.3 million; the Constitutional Defense Fund $7.4 million; the Foundation for Government Accountability, $2.5 million; the State Policy Network, $17.4 million; the Federalist Society, $3.7 million and Teneo Network.
51% : Marcus Owens, a former director of the I.R.S. Exempt Organizations Division -- who is now co-chair for nonprofits & tax-exempt organizations at the Washington law firm Loeb & Loeb -- wrote by email:There are, indeed, federal tax rules that govern related party transactions, particularly when the transactions involve a 'disqualified person,' the phrase Congress used when it enacted section 4958 of the Internal Revenue Code back in 1986 to refer to an insider with the ability to wield influence over an organization that is exempt from federal income tax under either section 501(c)(3) or section 501(c)(4).
48% : "I asked Philip Hackney, a former I.R.S. expert in the law governing tax-exempt groups who now is now a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, about Leo's involvement with tax-exempt and for-profit groups.
48% : Capturing the presidency is important to Leo not only for policy and ideological reasons, but also because, if Trump is elected, he will appoint the next I.R.S. commissioner.
45% : "Leo's charities have given the Foundation for Government Accountability at least $2 million.

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