JD Vance campaign event with Christian right leaders may have violated tax and election laws, experts say

[RandySF]

Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance’s appearance at a far-right Christian revival tour last month may have broken tax and election laws, experts say.

On Sept. 28, Vance held an official campaign event in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Courage Tour, a series of swing-state rallies hosted by a pro-Trump Christian influencer that combine prayer, public speakers, tutorials on how to become a poll worker and get-out-the-vote programming.

Ziklag, a secretive organization of wealthy Christians, funds the Courage Tour, according to previously unreported documents obtained by ProPublica and Documented. A private donor video produced by Ziklag said the group intended to spend $700,000 in 2024 to mobilize Christian voters by funding “targeted rallies in swing states” led by Lance Wallnau, the pro-Trump influencer.

Even before the Vance event, ProPublica previously reported that tax experts believed Ziklag’s 2024 election-related efforts could be in violation of tax law. The Vance event, they said, raised even more red flags about whether a tax-exempt charity had improperly benefited the Trump-Vance campaign.



https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/10/vance-election-campaign-christian-right-tax-law-trump-political/

[Charlie Chapulin]

1. Hey, they're Repugs.

Ain’t nothin’ gonna happen to them.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. The party of laws

Doesn’t obey them.

[kysrsoze]

3. When is this ahit ever actually enforced?

I never hear of any RW churches ever being penalized for their political stances.

[ReRe]

4. Let's call it "Biblical Games"

IMHO, this little organization was created when Christians realized they could get around the 501c3 golden rule of separation of Church and Politics by not becoming a 501c3. Raising that much money, the group would have to pay taxes and therefore would be a Corp or Inc? Anyway, it's a way for Christians to get around the 501c3 rule of not philandering with politics. Viole'

BUT. All one has to do is click on "previously reported" near the top of the article and read the previous article all the way thru to learn that, yes, they ARE a 501c3 org! Yeah, they bad. It all leads right back to Trump and the Evangelicals!