Franklin Pierce
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The Federalist Society co-chair and ex-Trump judicial adviser has utilized nonprofit groups to collect more than $1 billion for conservative causes.
Leonard Leo played a behind-the-scenes role in the nominations of all three of former President Donald Trump's Supreme Court justices and promoted them through his multi-billion-dollar network of nonprofits. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo
Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is investigating judicial activist Leonard Leo and his network of nonprofit groups, according to a person with direct knowledge of the probe.
The scope of the investigation is unclear. But it comes after POLITICO reported in March that one of Leo’s nonprofits — registered as a charity — paid his for-profit company tens of millions of dollars in the two years since he joined the company. A few weeks later, a progressive watchdog group filed a complaint with the D.C. attorney general and the IRS requesting a probe into what services were provided and whether Leo was in violation of laws against using charities for personal enrichment.
D.C. Attorney General is probing Leonard Leo’s network
Leonard Leo played a behind-the-scenes role in the nominations of all three of former President Donald Trump's Supreme Court justices and promoted them through his multi-billion-dollar network of nonprofits. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo
Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is investigating judicial activist Leonard Leo and his network of nonprofit groups, according to a person with direct knowledge of the probe.
The scope of the investigation is unclear. But it comes after POLITICO reported in March that one of Leo’s nonprofits — registered as a charity — paid his for-profit company tens of millions of dollars in the two years since he joined the company. A few weeks later, a progressive watchdog group filed a complaint with the D.C. attorney general and the IRS requesting a probe into what services were provided and whether Leo was in violation of laws against using charities for personal enrichment.
D.C. Attorney General is probing Leonard Leo’s network