{"id":2002116,"date":"2023-08-16T05:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T09:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-feds-accused-incoming-dem-national-convention-chair-of-steering-funds-to-illegal-clinton-shadow-campaign\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T05:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T09:24:04","slug":"flashback-feds-accused-incoming-dem-national-convention-chair-of-steering-funds-to-illegal-clinton-shadow-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-feds-accused-incoming-dem-national-convention-chair-of-steering-funds-to-illegal-clinton-shadow-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: Incoming Dem National Convention Chair Accused of Diverting Funds to Illegal Clinton Shadow Campaign"},"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\">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%2Fflashback-feds-accused-incoming-dem-national-convention-chair-of-steering-funds-to-illegal-clinton-shadow-campaign%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=2002116&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>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Longtime Clinton confidante \u200cMinyon\u2064 Moore \u2062tapped to lead 2024 convention<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>Minyon Moore (Paras\u200d Griffin\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The\u2063 incoming chairwoman of the 2024 Democratic national convention\u200c was once accused by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue \"Substantial Allegations\" of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">federal prosecutors<\/a> \u200dof steering funds\u200c to an illegal shadow \u200bcampaign for Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Minyon Moore, a longtime \u200bClinton \u2064confidante and consultant \u2062at Dewey Square\u2062 Group, \u200dhas been tapped to lead the convention in Chicago next summer.<\/p>\n<p>DNC chair Jaime Harrison said\u2064 Moore was \u200cselected due\u200d to her organizing experience and ability to run \u200ca &#8220;turnkey operation,&#8221;\u200d according to <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Moore\u2019s connection to the Clinton shadow campaign came to light in a 2014 federal indictment of \u200dWashington, D.C., businessman Jeffrey \u200cThompson. \u2062According to court\u200b records, \u2064Moore &#8220;asked \u2064Thompson to fund street teams that would\u200c be paid to \u200dassist\u200d [the Clinton campaign] during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-feds-accused-incoming-dem-national-convention-chair-of-steering-funds-to-illegal-clinton-shadow-campaign\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Incoming Dem National Convention Chair Accused of Diverting Funds to Illegal Clinton Shadow Campaign\">upcoming \u2063primary elections<\/a>.&#8221; Thompson agreed to finance canvassing operations in multiple states\u2014activities that\u200b weren\u2019t disclosed to\u200c the Federal\u200c Election Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Moore,\u200c who is identified only as \u2063&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/hillary-clinton-adviser-minyon-moore-sought-funds-for-illegal-campaign-court-papers-say\/2014\/03\/11\/753dcfc2-a931-11e3-8d62-419db477a0e6_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Individual A<\/a>&#8221; in the court documents, was never charged in\u2063 the case. But \u200dThompson, who was also accused in \u2062the \u200bindictment of running an off-the-books campaign for former D.C. \u200dmayor Vincent Gray in\u200b 2010, pleaded guilty \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">campaign finance violations<\/a>. Thompson said he poured \u2063over \u2062$600,000\u200d into pro-Clinton canvassing operations in the Texas, Pennsylvania,\u200b North Carolina, Indiana, and Puerto\u2062 Rico Democratic primary races.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c choice of Moore\u200d to lead the convention comes as both Republicans and Democrats have\u200d warned of election integrity\u2062 issues.\u2064 Republicans have raised concerns about the increase in \u200bmail-in \u200bballots in 2020, and \u200dmany \u200cstate Republican legislators have called for stronger\u2063 voter ID laws. Meanwhile, Democrats have \u200dwarned\u200d about \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outrage-erupts-after-leftists-chase-sinema-into-bathroom-record-her-this-is-insane\/\" title=\"Outrage Erupts After Leftists Chase Sinema Into Bathroom, Record Her: \u2018This Is Insane\u2019\">foreign election interference<\/a> \u2063from \u200badversarial countries like Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Moore\u2019s \u2062firm Dewey Square Group did not respond to a request for\u2064 comment. \u2062The Democratic \u200cNational\u2063 Committee did not\u2063 respond \u2062to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton went on to hire\u2062 Moore again as an adviser during the 2016 campaign. President Joe Biden also tapped\u200c Moore to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/02\/politics\/joe-biden-outside-advisers-supreme-court\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advise<\/a> \u200b him on his selection process for nominating \u200ba black woman to the\u2064 Supreme Court last year.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for \u2064the Dewey\u200d Square\u200b Group <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/clinton-hires-aide-linked-2008-shadow-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the \u2063 <em>Washington Free\u200d Beacon<\/em> in \u20642016 that\u2064 the allegations against Moore &#8220;proved not to be\u2062 accurate&#8221; and &#8220;Ms. Moore conducted herself, as \u200bshe always has, not only in full compliance with the law but in accordance\u200b with the highest ethical and professional standards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moore told <em>Politico<\/em> \u200blast week that \u2062she was &#8220;thrilled&#8221; by her\u2064 selection as\u200d convention \u200cchair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am \u200cgrateful to \u2064the team members who have \u200balready been working hard, and know that through their\u2064 work, and \u200dthe strong team \u200dwe continue to build, that this convention \u2064will be a success,&#8221; \u2064she said.<\/p>\n<p>The convention \u200dis scheduled to take\u200d place next August in Chicago, a city that is facing surging crime and a mass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/the-exodus-from-chicago-is-about-to-get-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exodus<\/a> \u200c of \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-to-prevent-landlords-from-performing-background-checks-on-tenants\/\" title=\"NYC to Prevent Landlords From Performing Background Checks on Tenants\">tax-paying citizens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>chosen to lead the 2024 convention. Despite previous allegations of involvement in an illicit campaign, Moore&#8217;s appointment highlights her close ties to the Clintons and her role as a trusted advisor. As the chairwoman, she will play a crucial role in organizing the Democratic Party&#8217;s major event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":2002117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002116","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\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}