{"id":1582880,"date":"2022-08-01T13:55:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1582880"},"modified":"2022-08-01T13:56:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:56:47","slug":"shaun-king-welcomed-new-show-dog-after-his-pac-gave-thousands-to-breeder-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shaun-king-welcomed-new-show-dog-after-his-pac-gave-thousands-to-breeder-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun King Welcomed New Show Dog After His PAC Gave Thousands To Breeder: REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fshaun-king-welcomed-new-show-dog-after-his-pac-gave-thousands-to-breeder-report%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=1582880&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--><p>Left-wing activist Shaun King welcomed a new show dog to his family just days after his political action committee (PAC) gave thousands to a dog breeder company, the Washington Free Beacon reported.<\/p>\n<p>Grassroots Law PAC, a <a href=\"https:\/\/pac.grassrootslaw.org\/\">group<\/a> backing political candidates who \u201cfight to end oppressive policing, incarceration and injustice,\u201d contributed\u00a0almost $31,000 in February <a href=\"https:\/\/www.potreroperformancedogs.com\/\">to<\/a> Potrero Performance Dogs in California for \u201ccontractor services,\u201d <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 noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shaunking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PAC\u2019s co-founder<\/a>, King, posted on Facebook days later about \u201cnew member of the King family,\u201d referring to a mastiff show dog bred by Potrero, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/pet-project-blm-activist-shaun-king-used-donor-funds-to-buy-40k-thoroughbred-show-dog\/\">according<\/a> to the Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese financial irregularities are disturbing and ought to cause donors to think twice before supporting this group in the future,\u201d Hayden Ludwig, a senior investigative researcher at the right-wing think tank Capital Research Center, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Grassroots Law PAC has paid almost $40,000 in total to Potrero, including $10,000 for \u201ccontractor services\u201d in December 2021, according to FEC filings. At the same time, Grassroots Law PAC has spent only slightly more, $55,900, in political contributions since 2021, <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 noreferrer\">filings<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p>The DCNF was unable to access the original Facebook post highlighted by the Free Beacon due to the privacy settings changing for the post. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/24\/larry-krasner-shaun-king-lawsuit-carlos-vega-libel-campaign-finance\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Shaun King, PA District Attorney Libeled Opponent And Violated Campaign Finance Law, Lawsuit Alleges)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7490015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7490015\" class=\"wp-image-7490015 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-649857606-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-649857606-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-649857606-180x120.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-649857606-620x413-1.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-649857606-768x512-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-649857606-1536x1024-1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-649857606-2048x1365-1.jpeg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7490015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SEATTLE, WA \u2013 MARCH 08: Shaun King, a Black Lives Matter leader and writer for the New York Daily News, speaks a rally at Westlake Center on March 8, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. The rally was co-hosted by Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and Socialist Students USA in honor of International Women\u2019s Day, to stand up for reproductive rights and economic equality for women. (Photo by Karen Ducey\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>King, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shaunking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">co-founded<\/a> Grassroots Law PAC in 2020 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/rachel-maddow-calls-out-shaun-king-twitter-after-activist-claims-democratic-party-interference-1490508\">was<\/a> a vocal supporter of Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019 presidential bid in 2020, has been rebuked for his past financial dealings. DeRay Mckesson, who sat on the board of another PAC founded by King in 2015 called Justice Together, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/life\/2016\/01\/shaun-king-black-lives-matter\/\">disbanded<\/a> in 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@deray\/on-shaun-king-351bd812318c\">accused<\/a> King in 2019 of concealing PAC finances and misrepresenting the group.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/realjusticepac.org\/\">group<\/a> King co-founded, the Real Justice PAC, was also ordered by the City of Philadelphia in December 2021 to pay $30,000 for campaign finance violations in connection to Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner\u2019s race, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/vNqUV\">the<\/a> Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Last year, the mother of a 12-year-old black boy killed by police <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/29\/mothers-criticize-blm-activists-for-profiting-off-their-dead-sons\/\">slammed<\/a> King and Grassroots Law PAC for fundraising off the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Grassroots Law PAC did not respond to a request for comment, nor did King or Protrero.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-wing activist Shaun King welcomed a new show dog to his family just days after his political action committee (PAC) gave thousands to a dog breeder company, the Washington Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1582880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1582880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1582880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1582880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1582880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}