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The $64 million mystery: How a wave of anonymous donations is fueling the 2024 presidential campaign

Jun 04, 2024 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    9% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : In September 2022, the president appeared in the White House briefing room to advocate for the Disclose Act, which would require political groups and nonprofits to disclose donations above $10,000.
45% : Founded in 2005 as a kind of facilitator for tax-exempt organizations and charitable donors, Arabella provides back-office functions for nonprofits, including legal advice, human resources, accounting and the like.
41% : And with more than five months to go before the election in November, there is still time for backers of Trump to close the gap.
15% : In 2020 it steered $410 million to help defeat Donald Trump and win back the Senate for Democrats.
15% : Entities supporting the election of Donald Trump have also raised millions in dark money, but so far are lagging behind the Biden effort.
12% : But just last week, a new dark money group supporting Trump, Securing American Greatness, put up an ad in Pennsylvania that criticized Mr. Biden on inflation, Politico reported.
6% : That single anonymous donation, routed through a series of accounts, eventually would be used to help Joe Biden defeat Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

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