Gabby Giffords' Anti-Gun Group Caught Accepting Illegal Contributions

Gabby Giffords' Anti-Gun Group Caught Accepting Illegal Contributions

Dean Garrison — August 20, 2013

http://freedomoutpost.com/gabby-giffords-anti-gun-group-caught-accepting-illegal-contributions/

Another anti-gun group gets caught with the proverbial hand in the cookie jar. This time Gabby Giffords has her prints all over it.

The total amount of illegal contributions received was $15,250. That is not a small chunk of change. Giffords’ PAC, Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC, received three illegal donations it has been discovered. This is not coincidence or a mistake. One could be a mistake and two could be coincidence. Three times is conspiracy to defraud.

Publicintegrity.org reports:

Singer, actress and comedian Bette Midler took to Twitter on April 18 to promote Gabby Giffords’ new gun control effort.

“GABBY GIFFORDS SPEAKS, AND SHE IS FURIOUS!!” Midler wrote as she touted a New York Times opinion column authored by the former Arizona Democratic congresswoman who survived a 2011 shooting and has since launched an advocacy group that aims to curb gun violence.

Just weeks later, Midler upped the ante, donating $10,000 to Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC, the super PAC arm of Giffords’ group. The gift came from Midler’s private family foundation, according to campaign finance records.

Before the second quarter ended in June, another family foundation — the Rupa and Bharat B. Bhatt Foundation — contributed $5,000 to the group and the New England Congregational Church in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., gave $250.

They were modest contributions considering the group raised $6.6 million in the first half of 2013 — more than any other super PAC. But they were also strictly prohibited by the Internal Revenue Service.

Nonprofits organized under Sec. 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code are restricted from “directly or indirectly” intervening in political campaigns. And private foundations — such as the Midler and Bhatt foundations — are also prohibited from lobbying to influence legislation.

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Tax experts told the Center for Public Integrity that foundation donations to Giffords’ super PAC could be “very problematic.”

Nonprofits organized under Sec. 501(c)(3) “cannot spend one penny” on partisan campaign activity, said Cleta Mitchell, an attorney in the Washington, D.C., office of Foley and Lardner LLP.

“You can’t give them money to do things that you can’t do,” she continued.

Political committees, such as super PACs, are “essentially radioactive” for 501(c)(3) nonprofits, added Marcus Owens, a lawyer at D.C.-based Caplin & Drysdale who previously headed the IRS’s exempt organization division.

As for the money. It is of course being refunded.

Anytime a public figure gets caught they are taught to show remorse and act like it was a huge mistake. Bette Midler claims that the mistake from her end was an accouting error and sent a personal check in place of the foundation check.

Honest mistake? Sure thing Bette and Gabby.

These people do not function like you and I. They have the best accountants that money can buy. For it to happen three times, that we know of, there was a decision made to see if it would fly.

Anyone who has dealt with an aggressive accountant has probably heard something like this in their life… It’s OK. We will claim the deduction. The worst case scenario is that the IRS says “no.”

In this case they got caught and it’s human nature to play dumb and act like you didn’t know. They weren’t about to send $15,250 back to these three organizations and hope that they came through with personal checks.

To quote our friends at GunsSaveLife.com:

Yeah, they’re sorry alright.

Sorry they got caught.

I could not state it any better myself.

Bette Midler

Bette Midler is the founder of the New York Restoration Project, and an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard.

Note: Karen J. Lauder was a trustee at the New York Restoration Project, and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and a friend of Michael Douglas. 

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Robert Redford is the founder & president of the Sundance Institute, and an advisory board member for the Edible Schoolyard.

Kenneth D. Cole is a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and married to Maria Cuomo Cole.

Maria Cuomo Cole is married to Kenneth D. Cole, a trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, and Mario M. Cuomo’s daughter.

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Mario M. Cuomo was Maria Cuomo Cole’s father, the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state for the New York state government, Andrew M. Cuomo’s father, and a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society.

Andrew M. Cuomo is Mario M. Cuomo’s son, and the New York state government governor.

Eric H. Holder Jr. was a board member for the American Constitution Society, an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, is married to Sharon Malone, and a partner at Covington & Burling LLP.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Sharon Malone is married to Eric H. Holder Jr., and was Loretta Lynch’s Harvard classmate.

Loretta Lynch was Sharon Malone’s Harvard classmate, and is the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.

Michael D. Barnes was a senior of counsel for Covington & Burling LLP, and the president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Covington & Burling LLP was the lobby firm for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.

Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.

Mark E. Kelly is a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, and married to Gabrielle Giffords.

Gabrielle Giffords is married to Mark E. Kelly, and a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.

Michael R. Bloomberg was a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is a co-chair for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

Warren E. Buffett is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Jessica Tuchman Mathews was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank). 

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982    

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)   

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.

Margaret A. Hamburg is the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and was the New York (NY) health commissioner.

Eric H. Holder Jr. is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, married to Sharon Malone, a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, was a board member for the American Constitution Society, an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Sharon Malone is married to Eric H. Holder Jr., and was Loretta Lynch’s Harvard classmate.

Loretta Lynch was Sharon Malone’s Harvard classmate, and is the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.