Due to a quirk in the federal campaign finance system, the public won't know who is funding the mysterious super PAC until after the primary. That is not an accident.
Justice Unites Us is a data-driven organization that uses research to drive grassroots engagement in the Asian American community.
Why didn't we know? The PAC is similar to a pop-up super PAC, which appear shortly before elections and mask their donors until after voters have already cast their ballot.
The organization was formed in late March and paperwork was filed before the end of the first quarter. A little over a week later, the PAC disclosed to the Federal Election Commission that it is spending $846,000 on field operations in support of Flynn. The field work started after the end of the quarter.
It is using the federal filing schedule to hide its donors. Groups that report quarterly have to file pre-primary reports for races they are involved in, which reveal who is actually bankrolling the organization shortly before the contest. The next complete fundraising and spending report for Justice Unites Us won't be due until May 20 because groups that file monthly don't have to file pre-primary reports.
Is this new? It isn't. Over the last several election cycles, pop-up super PACs have become more prominent, and have become a way for sophisticated political operations to circumvent rules that shed light on campaign finance until after elections.
The new political action committee did not respond to questions about the expenditure, its funding sources or why it chose to back Flynn.
Haven't I heard about this race before? The spending marks another source of outside support for a first-time candidate who has emerged as a favorite of the House Majority PAC, which has ties to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
HMP recently dropped $1 million in outside support for Flynn, which angered top Latino groups that have lined up behind him.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the creator of Protect Our Future, has spent $5 million in independent expenditures to support candidates who take a long-term view on policy planning.
The two guys are:Zachary Montellaro and Sam Sutton.
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