{"id":1581763,"date":"2022-08-01T05:03:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T09:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1581763"},"modified":"2022-08-01T05:03:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T09:03:57","slug":"pet-project-blm-activist-shaun-king-used-donor-funds-to-buy-40k-thoroughbred-show-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pet-project-blm-activist-shaun-king-used-donor-funds-to-buy-40k-thoroughbred-show-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Pet Project: BLM Activist Shaun King Used Donor Funds To Buy $40k Thoroughbred Show Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpet-project-blm-activist-shaun-king-used-donor-funds-to-buy-40k-thoroughbred-show-dog%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1581763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Shaun King&#8217;s social justice PAC is going to the dogs. Literally.<\/p>\n<p>Grassroots Law PAC, which the progressive grifter founded to elect soft-on-crime local officials, paid roughly $40,000 since December to the California-based Potrero Performance Dogs, according to campaign finance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;recipient_name=potrero+dogs&#038;recipient_name=protero+dogs&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022&#038;min_date=01%2F01%2F2021&#038;max_date=12%2F31%2F2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disclosures<\/a>. The payments are labeled for &#8220;contractor services,&#8221; making their purpose difficult to discern. But days after a $30,650 payment in February, King\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shaunking\/posts\/514483283374250?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZVcPbptTyUoZ5g81TkE2Ad_ckxeJDEWXFCHpGzGVhcTR4R_9qQ6lI5csnp0ETnILt_hO577ceMVfHvV1rRtiIsWjvmF_MNc3Yjq22ZBqgV1eq-tDTbbys7arARy8N2XqPc&#038;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">welcomed<\/a> a &#8220;new member of the King family&#8221;: an award-winning mastiff bred by Potrero named Marz.<\/p>\n<p>King, who has been hounded for years by allegations of fraud, has not been accused of any wrongdoing in relation to Grassroots Law. But the payments for a dog raises questions about whether the former Bernie Sanders surrogate is using PAC contributions the way donors intended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This luxury dog expense may not be illegal for a PAC, but it shows little respect for King&#8217;s donors,&#8221; said Scott Walter, the president of Capital Research Center, which investigates left-wing groups. An heiress of the Hormel meatpacking empire is the PAC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202007159249914888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">largest donor<\/a>. Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz and his wife donated millions of dollars to Real Justice PAC, which King launched in 2018 and works closely with Grassroots Law.<\/p>\n<p>Grassroots Law PAC, which aims to &#8220;elect candidates who are committed to reducing mass incarceration and police violence,&#8221; has spent nearly as much on King&#8217;s pet as it has on political candidates. The PAC has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00712109&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022&#038;min_date=01%2F01%2F2021&#038;max_date=12%2F31%2F2022&#038;disbursement_description=non-federal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributed<\/a> around $56,000 to political candidates since 2021. It paid $10,000 to Potrero in December and another $30,650 on Feb. 16.<\/p>\n<p>King has come under fire over the years amid repeated failures at his various social justice endeavors. The mother of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Ohio boy killed by police, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/23\/tamir-rices-mom-rips-shaun-king-for-profiting-off-her-sons-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> King &#8220;robbed&#8221; her by holding unauthorized fundraisers in her son&#8217;s name. A former King ally, DeRay Mckesson, has publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@deray\/on-shaun-king-351bd812318c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused him<\/a> of fraud. Real Justice PAC was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/politics\/philadelphia\/district-attorney-larry-krasner-ethics-campaign-finance-real-justice-pac-shaun-king-20211209.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ordered<\/a> in December to pay $30,000 to the city of Philadelphia for campaign finance violations in the race to elect District Attorney Larry Krasner (D.).<\/p>\n<p>King has denied allegations of fraud, chalking his failed projects up to poor management or false claims from his enemies. He released <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@shaunkingfinancialreivewboard\/shaun-king-financial-report-318661d97125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an audit<\/a> in 2019 that said he received a $4,166 monthly salary from Real Justice PAC and &#8220;no compensation at all&#8221; from Action PAC, the predecessor to Grassroots Law PAC. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenorthstar.com\/p\/shaun-king-setting-the-record-straight-on-the-accusations-made-about-me-my-fundraisers-and-the-north-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he was &#8220;literally the only person&#8221; on Action PAC&#8217;s staff who does not get paid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have not received a salary or a stipend of any kind for the entire year,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;I do it all for free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While King said Marz would provide &#8220;alertness and protection&#8221; alongside duties as a family pet, it appears the thoroughbred is no longer in the activist&#8217;s care. Potrero Performance Dogs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ce2bokLrLd7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed<\/a> Marz at an American Kennel Club competition earlier this month, where he won Best in Show. The breeder said in a social media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cfu4DWQpkzG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> this month that Marz was back in its care because &#8220;he&#8217;s got a little too much energy to be a family dog so he came back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Potrero, Grassroots Law, and King&#8217;s media company did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaun King&#8217;s social justice PAC is going to the dogs. Literally. 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