Schlapp denies CPAC treasurer’s money mismanagement claims.

C PAC Chairman Responds to Accusations of Financial Mismanagement

CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp has responded to accusations of financial mismanagement within the organization. Former treasurer of the American Conservative Union, Bob Beauprez, resigned on Tuesday and claimed he was not fully informed of the organization’s use of money for Schlapp’s legal defense against a lawsuit accusing the chairman of sexual assault.

Schlapp has denied the accusations and called it a “political assassination attempt on every part of my character.” He also expressed his disgust at being asked to respond to “internal deliberations” of CPAC.

Despite the controversy, the union confirmed that it paid Schlapp $50,000 to retain a lawyer immediately after the lawsuit was filed. Beauprez claimed he felt blindsided when Schlapp told him that he had raised another $270,000 from the ACU and its related foundation’s donors.

Beauprez concluded that he had to resign because he felt he could no longer honestly represent the union to donors, and linked it with the sentiment that a “cancer” had been growing inside the union for years.

Accusations and Denials

• Schlapp denied accusations of financial mismanagement and called it a “political assassination attempt on every part of my character.”
• Beauprez claimed he was not “fully informed” of the organization’s use of money for Schlapp’s legal defense against a lawsuit accusing the chairman of sexual assault.
• The union confirmed that it paid Schlapp $50,000 to retain a lawyer immediately after the lawsuit was filed.
• Beauprez felt blindsided when Schlapp told him that he had raised another $270,000 from the ACU and its related foundation’s donors.

It remains to be seen how this controversy will affect the future of CPAC and the American Conservative Union.

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