{"id":2260030,"date":"2024-06-04T23:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T03:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-says-it-will-continue-to-accept-dark-money-despite-previous-condemnations\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T23:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T03:17:17","slug":"biden-campaign-says-it-will-continue-to-accept-dark-money-despite-previous-condemnations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-says-it-will-continue-to-accept-dark-money-despite-previous-condemnations\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Campaign Plans to Accept Dark Money Despite Past Criticisms"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-campaign-says-it-will-continue-to-accept-dark-money-despite-previous-condemnations%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=2260030&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>President Joe\u2064 Biden&#8217;s 2024 campaign acknowledges the critical importance of the upcoming election, committing to \u200baccept dark \u200cmoney donations despite previous criticism. The campaign&#8217;s stance, revealed to CBS News, follows a $64 \u200dmillion anonymous donation in 2020 through the Impetus \u2064Fund. While Biden\u2063 had condemned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-attorney-phil-kline-and-it-expert-j-r-carlson-presser-wednesday-exposing-mark-zuckerbergs-dark-money-cash-for-chaos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Attorney Phil Kline and IT Expert J.R. Carlson Presser Wednesday Exposing Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Dark Money Cash for Chaos\">dark money<\/a> before, the campaign sees it \u200cas a necessary tool to safeguard\u200b democracy. President Joe \u200bBiden&#8217;s 2024 campaign recognizes the vital significance of the approaching election and has opted to accept dark\u200b money donations, despite prior objections. This decision, \u200bshared with CBS News,\u200c was influenced by\u200b a substantial $64\u2062 million anonymous\u2064 donation in \u200b2020 via the Impetus Fund. Despite past disapproval, the campaign views\u2062 this funding as\u200b essential to protect democracy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s 2024 presidential campaign said this week that the stakes for the upcoming election are \u201csky high\u201d so it will again accept dark money donations despite previously condemning such donations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden\u2019s campaign made the statement to CBS News as it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-64-million-mystery-anonymous-donations-2024-presidential-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on a massive $64 million anonymous donation that was sent to his campaign in 2020. The donation was routed to his campaign coffers through the Impetus Fund, a 501c4 tax-exempt organization that says it is focused on \u201csocial welfare.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This pledge to accept dark money comes after Biden previously <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said that dark money \u201cerodes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">public trust<\/a>\u201d and that it \u201cflows in the shadows to influence our elections.\u201d <\/span>However, like in 2020, Biden has again signaled he has no issue taken money that is routed to his campaign coffers without scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe stakes of this election are sky high,\u201d a Biden adviser told CBS. \u201cWe will protect our democracy with every tool that is legally available.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The focus on Biden\u2019s acceptance of dark money comes with lingering questions about the mysterious $64 million donation. A large bulk of that donation, $55 million, was moved from Impetus to Future Forward USA Action, a nonprofit Biden super PAC. Then, Future Forward USA Action sent $60 million to Future Forward PAC for use in electioneering, CBS News reported. Since the money was sent to the nonprofit first, the donor\/donors were shielded from exposure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Little is known about the D.C.-based Impetus Fund except that it says it \u201cworks with changemakers across the country to unlock a more inclusive, accessible, and vibrant democracy.\u201d The group\u2019s president, Ezra Reese, is tied to Democrat election lawyer Marc Elias. Reese is the political law chair at the Elias Law Group.<\/p>\n<p>Impetus is a project of Arabella Advisors, a massive leftist dark money group that had about $3 billion on hand for the 2022 midterm elections. Back in 2020, it had $410 million that it used against former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden\u2019s acceptance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-lawsuit-will-be-filed-today-against-mark-zuckerberg-and-the-dark-money-that-enabled-fraud-in-key-states-video\/\" title=\"NEW LAWSUIT Will Be Filed Today Against Mark Zuckerberg and the Dark Money that Enabled Fraud in Key States (VIDEO)\">dark money funding<\/a> has drawn criticism from government watchdog groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFor too long the left has been playing a game of decrying dark money while at the same time being fully dependent on it, even supercharging Mr. Biden\u2019s reelection campaign,\u201d Caitlin Sutherland, the executive director of Americans for Public Trust, told CBS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anna Massoglia, the editorial and investigations manager at OpenSecrets, said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-says-it-will-keep-accepting-dark-money-despite-previous-condemnations\/\" title=\"Biden Campaign to Continue Accepting Dark Money Despite Past Criticism\">dark money hid important information<\/a> about who was trying to influence American voters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWithout information about who is funding groups spending to influence elections, voters won\u2019t know who is trying to color their views, won\u2019t be aware of any potential conflicts of interest that a funder has or what stake they may have in the outcome of the election,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So far in the 2024 election cycle, Biden has held a significant advantage in fundraising, but Trump has been pulling closer in recent months with big hulls coming alongside his legal battles.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden&#8217;s 2024 campaign emphasized the critical stakes of the upcoming election, reaffirming its acceptance of dark money donations despite prior disapproval. 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