{"id":2384073,"date":"2024-12-27T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T20:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-group-paid-firms-owned-by-leaders-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:21:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T20:21:52","slug":"harris-group-paid-firms-owned-by-leaders-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-group-paid-firms-owned-by-leaders-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris group paid firms owned by leaders &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Fharris-group-paid-firms-owned-by-leaders-washington-examiner%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=2384073&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>The article \u2063discusses \u200bthe financial\u200d activities of Future \u200cForward USA Action, a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-experts-call-for-investigation-into-bidens-favorite-super-pac-over-serious-financial-discrepancies\/\" title=\"Legal experts demand probe into Biden&#039;s preferred Super PAC for &#039;grave&#039; financial inconsistencies.\">dark money\u200b group<\/a> that significantly supported Vice President Kamala \u2064Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-co-founder-paid-her-babys-father-970000-for-creative-services-brother-840000-for-security-report\/\" title=\"BLM Co-Founder Paid Her Baby\u2019s Father 0,000 For \u2018Creative Services,\u2019 Brother 0,000 For Security: Report\">newly released tax filings<\/a>, this\u200c institution, which is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, funneled\u2063 over\u200d half a million dollars to\u2062 firms partly owned by its\u200c founders in 2023. It contributed more than $100 million in untraceable funds to the\u200d Future\u2064 Forward PAC, which\u200b was \u200binvolved in spending over half a billion\u200c dollars to promote Harris&#8217;s campaign, despite its unsuccessful outcome.\u200d The article highlights\u200d the opaque nature \u200bof dark money in\u200b political financing and\u2062 its\u2064 influence on \u200celection-related expenditures.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Pro-Harris dark money group shoveled more than half a million dollars to firms owned by its founders<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1877271\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The source of so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"dark money\">dark money<\/a> fueling the largest Democratic super PAC that supported Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s presidential run passed off hundreds of thousands of dollars to companies partially owned by its leaders in 2023, newly released tax filings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2023-FFUSA-990-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Future Forward USA Action is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00669259&amp;contributor_name=Future+Forward&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2024&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2023&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pumped<\/a> north of $100 million worth of untraceable cash into Future Forward PAC, a political committee that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00669259\/?tab=filings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">spent<\/a> over half a billion dollars unsuccessfully working to elect Harris. In addition to using its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">anonymously sourced war chest<\/a> to boost the Democratic White House bid, Future Forward USA Action also shuffled just over $700,000 to firms its leaders either co-own or helped launch &mdash; adding on to prior payments.<\/p>\n<p>GCJ Research, which was founded by Future Forward USA Action Treasurer Gaurav Shirole, received $370,000 from the organization in 2023, documents show. PFB Media, a firm co-owned by Future Forward USA Action President Chauncey McLean and Secretary Jon Fromowitz, meanwhile, took in roughly $340,000.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris take part in Veterans Day memorial services, marking the first time the two leaders have appeared in public together since the 2024 election.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is far from the first instance of self-dealing in the Future Forward nexus. Future Forward USA Action, for example, paid these same companies $1.1 million in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/824170762\/202313199349328831\/IRS990ScheduleL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to tax forms.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3240767\/harris-future-forward-paid-companies-linked-founders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a> in late November that Future Forward PAC, which shares leadership with the affiliated 501(c)(4), paid at least $8.3 million to GCJ Research and PFB Media. Since then, the Federal Election Commission has <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/pdf\/595\/202412059739465595\/202412059739465595.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">released<\/a> new campaign finance disclosures showing that the PAC doled out an additional $3 million to those two firms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The public likely won&rsquo;t know the full extent of Future Forward USA Action&rsquo;s payments to GCJ Research and PFB Media until its 2024 tax forms are released next year.<\/p>\n<p>Following Harris&rsquo;s loss on election night, Democratic operatives have placed blame on a variety of factors. Some have argued that inefficient spending practices at major liberal organizations and the Harris campaign contributed to President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is kind of an explanation for why Democrats are getting clobbered,&rdquo; Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf previously told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>in reference to Future Forward&rsquo;s finances. &ldquo;They really don&rsquo;t represent people at the bottom. They represent people at the top.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to paying out lucrative contracts to their companies, Shirole, McLean, and Fromowitz all took home salaries of a quarter million dollars or more in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think any campaign makes perfect decisions across the board,&rdquo; Democratic strategist Stefan Hankin said. &ldquo;But I think in this case, questions should be asked, right?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s like creating companies whose sole purpose is to give the money back to you,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Future Forward USA Action did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1877271\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1877271\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Harris dark money group funneled over $500,000 to founders&#8217; firms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3592,"featured_media":2384074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kamala-Harris-ddid2.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45703,47493,32076],"class_list":["post-2384073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris-group","tag-paid-firms","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kamala-Harris-ddid2.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384073","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\/3592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384073"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384077,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384073\/revisions\/2384077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}