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Ed Kozak
Election 2024

Epstein, E. Jean Carroll Backer Reid Hoffman Bankrolls Effort To Kick RFK Off Ballot.

Reid Hoffman, the Democratic megadonor and ‘Epstein Island’ visitor, has infused a new super PAC with a generous donation aimed at mitigating the threat independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could pose to Biden’s 2024 reelection, recent campaign filings reveal. Clear Choice PAC, established in the early part of February with an initial contribution of $125,000 from Hoffman, plans to counter influences from potential third-party and independent candidates like Kennedy that could affect the election outcome.

Clear Choice PAC, which collected $375,000 in the first quarter, owes its major funding to Hoffman and SV Angel founder Ronald Conway, who contributed $250,000. The PAC has allocated $34,075 to digital media enterprise Gambit Strategies so far.

Kennedy’s campaign recently stated its secured position in the battleground state of Michigan via the Natural Law Party’s nomination. In response, Clear Choice PAC employed the expertise of elections attorney and ex-Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer to question Kennedy’s standing on the ballot.

Hoffman is no stranger to controversy given his former association with Jeffrey Epstein. This connection to the convicted sex offender has resulted in heightened scrutiny of the megadonor’s actions and motives.

Clear Choice PAC was founded by Pete Kavanaugh, Biden’s former deputy campaign manager, to target independent runners whom Kavanaugh calls “spoilers.” The Democratic National Committee has also been proactive, forming a unique division against third-party candidates, and collaborating with lawyers to monitor the ballot access process. Despite facing opposition, Kennedy’s campaign has managed to raise a substantial amount of $11.2 million, utilizing $10.6 million, and currently holds just over $6 million cash on hand.

In addition to funding efforts to thwart Kennedy Jr.’s election prospects, Hoffman also bankrolled E. Jean Carroll’s legal case against former President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign. The Epstein-linked billionaire also funds MeidasTouch, the White House-linked media company that created the Trump ‘bloodbath‘ hoax.

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Reid Hoffman, the Democratic megadonor and 'Epstein Island' visitor, has infused a new super PAC with a generous donation aimed at mitigating the threat independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could pose to Biden's 2024 reelection, recent campaign filings reveal. Clear Choice PAC, established in the early part of February with an initial contribution of $125,000 from Hoffman, plans to counter influences from potential third-party and independent candidates like Kennedy that could affect the election outcome. show more
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Lincoln Project Hackers
32 minutes ago
William Upton
Crime
Politics

Anti-Trump ‘Lincoln Project’ Paid $35,000 to Hackers.

The anti-Trump Lincoln Project, co-founded by admitted sexual predator John Weaver, notified the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that they paid $35,000 to hackers who had posed as a vendor and sent fraudulent invoices. Two payments in February of this year totaling $20,000 and $15,000 were made on what the Lincoln Project believed were valid invoices. However, the anti-Trump PAC was subsequently informed that the vendor’s email had been hacked and the invoices were not legitimate. The funds had been directed to accounts controlled by hackers.

“A vendorā€™s email was hacked, with the hackers producing authentic-looking invoices that were sent from our vendorā€™s legitimate email account,” Lincoln Project spokesman Greg Minchak said when the FEC notice was made public, continuing: “The hack affected multiple clients of the vendor, including Lincoln Project.”

Once the Lincoln Project realized they had paid tens of thousands of dollars to hackers, the PAC says they notified their compliance firm to ”Ā mitigate the problem.” Minchak claims that the “transactions did not impact our operations in any way.”

Since its founding in December 2019, the Lincoln Project has been plagued by controversy. The PAC’s founders ā€” George Conway, Steve Schmidt, John Weaver, and Rick Wilson (among others) ā€” have extensive ties to the failed John McCain and Mitt Romney presidential campaigns. In January of 2021, Weaver admitted to cultivating inappropriate relationships and sending sexually explicit messages to at least 21 men over the internet. He later confessed that he had engaged in grooming behavior towards a 14-year-old boy but claimed to have not engaged in exchanging sexual messages until after the teen’s 18th birthday.

The Weaver revelations prompted George Conway to call for the PAC to be shut down.

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The anti-Trump Lincoln Project, co-founded by admitted sexual predator John Weaver, notified the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that they paid $35,000 to hackers who had posed as a vendor and sent fraudulent invoices. Two payments in February of this year totaling $20,000 and $15,000 were made on what the Lincoln Project believed were valid invoices. However, the anti-Trump PAC was subsequently informed that the vendor's email had been hacked and the invoices were not legitimate. The funds had been directed to accounts controlled by hackers. show more
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Biden Campaign TikTok
1 hour ago
William Upton
Election 2024
TECH

Biden Will Remain On TikTok Despite Signing Legislation That Could Ban It.

Joe Biden’s presidential re-election campaign says it will continue to use the TikTok social media app as part of its communications and voter outreach program despite Biden signing into law on Wednesday legislation that could result in a U.S. ban on the app. Evidence that TikTok’s American user data was being shared with its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, prompted lawmakers on Capitol Hill to renew efforts earlier this year to force ByteDance to divest itself from its U.S. operations.

In defense of the decision to remain on TikTok, a Biden campaign official stated, “A fragmented media environment requires us to show up and meet voters where they are – and that includes online. TikTok is one of many places weā€™re making sure our content is being seen by voters.ā€ The Biden campaign account has amassed over 300,000 followers with over 120 posts on the Chinese-owned social media app. Earlier this year, the launch of the Biden campaign TikTok account caught many by surprise as the Biden White House had appeared to indicate the Democrat incumbent would not have a presence on the app.

Under the new law, ByteDance will have nine months to a year to find a buyer for its U.S. TikTok app, or it will be banned from being downloaded or updated by American users. The divestiture law was attached to a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, passed by the House last Saturday and by the Senate late Tuesday night.

TikTok disputes the security threat allegations and is planning litigation against the divestiture law. ByteDance executives andĀ  Chinese officials have alsoĀ signaled their opposition to the forced sale. The National Pulse previously reported that the Chinese Embassy was heavily engaged in lobbying against the divestiture provision.

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Joe Biden's presidential re-election campaign says it will continue to use the TikTok social media app as part of its communications and voter outreach program despite Biden signing into law on Wednesday legislation that could result in a U.S. ban on the app. Evidence that TikTok's American user data was being shared with its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, prompted lawmakers on Capitol Hill to renew efforts earlier this year to force ByteDance to divest itself from its U.S. operations. show more
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trump biden
2 hours ago
Data
Election 2024

DATA: Trump Gets Bump In 5 Crucial Battleground States.

Former President Donald Trump is now ahead in key battleground states, surpassing Joe Biden in recent polls released on Wednesday, indicating a swing in political momentum. According to the latest Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll, Trumpā€™s lead, already evident in Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina since March, has expanded. Additionally, Trump is now also leading in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Trump’s lead has extended to six points in a head-to-head comparison between the two in Michigan and seven other swing states. The polled margins put Trump one point ahead in Pennsylvania, four points in Wisconsin, six in Georgia, seven in Arizona, eight in Nevada, and ten in North Carolina.

Conversely, Biden remains in the lead in Michigan by a slight margin of two points. This lead, however, has slimmed since March when both candidates were tied. The economy stands as the most imperative issue to voters, with 51 percent of the respondents signaling their concern about its worsening state by year-end.

Survey takers also had far more faith in Trump’s economic management, with the former president having a 16-point lead when voters were asked under whose administration the U.S. economy was better. A survey released earlier this month revealed that over half of Americans rate Biden’s economy as “poor.”

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Former President Donald Trump is now ahead in key battleground states, surpassing Joe Biden in recent polls released on Wednesday, indicating a swing in political momentum. According to the latest Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll, Trumpā€™s lead, already evident in Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina since March, has expanded. Additionally, Trump is now also leading in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. show more
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2 hours ago
Jack Montgomery
Lawfare

Hereā€™s What SCOTUS Might Say on Trumpā€™s Immunity Claim Today.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Thursday morning as to whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution on charges related to alleged election misconduct. The justices’ decision will likely set a new precedent on the boundaries of presidential power and could significantly impact the pace of the 2024 presidential election campaign.

Reports claim that most legal analysts do not believe that the justices will decide that Trump has absolute immunity, but they may decide that he has partial immunity. This could require Joe Biden‘s Justice Department and special prosecutor Jack Smith to revisit some aspects of their prosecution. The justices could also refer elements of the case back to the lower courts so they can rule on the extent of any partial immunity.

If the Supreme Court takes a month to arrive at its decision, a possible trial date for the former president would be pushed to around autumn, deep into the presidential race. A later ruling, towards the end of June, could mean it has to be delayed until after the election in November.

This could deny Biden’s Justice Department the opportunity to brand Trump a felon before voters head to the polls or even imprison him. Trump could also direct the Justice Department to drop the charges or possibly issue himself a pardon if he wins.

PANDORA’S BOX.

Regarding the merits of Trump’s case, his lawyer, D. John Sauer, argues that authorizing ā€œthe prosecution of a president for official acts would open a Pandoraā€™s box from which this nation may never recover.ā€

ā€œIf a president has to look over his shoulder or her shoulder every time he or she has to make a controversial decision and wonder if ā€˜after I leave office, am I going to jail for this when my political opponents take power?ā€™ that inevitably dampens the ability of the president,ā€ he explained.

While Trump’s prosecutors and political enemies have characterized this as an argument that presidents are “above the law,” Trump’s lawyers say the constitutionally proper way for presidents to be held to account for official acts is via Congress, through impeachment and a Senate trial.

Trump was acquitted of inciting an insurrection by the Senate in 2021. His lawyers also argue that attempting to try him for further offenses related to January 6 violates the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment.

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The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Thursday morning as to whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution on charges related to alleged election misconduct. The justices' decision will likely set a new precedent on the boundaries of presidential power and could significantly impact the pace of the 2024 presidential election campaign. show more
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