https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid
"An elderly, ultra-secretive Chicago businessman has given the largest known
donation to a political advocacy group in U.S. history — worth $1.6 billion —
and the recipient is one of the prime architects of conservatives’ efforts to
reshape the American judicial system, including the Supreme Court.
Through a series of opaque transactions over the past two years, Barre Seid, a
90-year-old manufacturing magnate, gave the massive sum to a nonprofit run by
Leonard Leo, who co-chairs the conservative legal group the Federalist Society.
The donation was first reported by
The New York Times on Monday.
The Lever
and
ProPublica confirmed the information from documents received
independently by the news organizations.
Our reporting sheds additional light on how the two men, one a judicial
kingmaker and the other a mysterious but prolific donor to conservative causes,
came together to create a political war chest that will likely supercharge
efforts to further shift American politics to the right.
As President Donald Trump’s adviser on judicial nominations, Leo helped build
the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, which recently eliminated
Constitutional protections for abortion rights and has made a series of
sweeping pro-business decisions. Leo, a conservative Catholic, has both helped
select judges to nominate to the Supreme Court and directed multimillion dollar
media campaigns to confirm them."
Via Susan ****
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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