Exposed!! Clinton Money Laundering Scheme

This is serious.

• David Brock operates over a dozen pro-Clinton organizations from his office in Washington DC.
• Uncovered records expose a constant flow of money between his organizations.
• Brock’s unregistered Professional Solicitor, the Bonner Group, receives a 12.5% cut every time money is moved.

David Brock is laundering money

David Brock has 7 non-profits, 3 Super PACs, one 527-committee, one LLC, one joint fundraising committee, and one unregistered solicitor crammed into his office in Washington DC. Uncovered records expose a constant flow of money between these organizations.

Follow the money

Nonprofits are required to disclose who they give cash grants to, but they aren’t required to disclose who gave them cash grants.

Surprisingly, though, the Franklin Education Forum gave full credit to Bonner for raising that money.  They paid the fundraiser a $124,250 commission in 2014!

Notice what happened?

1. David Brock’s Media Matters gave a $930,000 cash grant to David Brock’s Franklin Education Forum
2. David Brock’s Franklin Education Forum credited the Bonner Group for raising those funds, triggering the 12.5% commission
   • David Brock paid the Bonner Group a $124,250 commission to solicit a cash grant … from himself!

It doesn’t stop there

After the Franklin Education Forum retained $869,750, they sent a $816,224 cash grant to David Brock’s The Franklin Forum:

Since The Franklin Forum 501(c)4 paid Bonner a commission in 2013, it’s safe to assume fundraiser received a $102,028 commission in 2014. Unfortunately, it’s hard to tell for sure. They still haven’t filed their taxes for 2014!

1.  Media Matters would receive your $1,062,857 donation
   • The Bonner Group would earn a $132,857 commission
   • Media Matters would retain $930,000
2. Next, Media Matters would give what’s left of your entire donation, $930,000, to the Franklin Education Forum
   • The Bonner Group would ‘earn’ a $116,250 commission
   • The Franklin Education Forum would retain $813,750
3. The Franklin Education Forum would then forward the remaining $813,750 to The Franklin Forum
   • The Bonner Group would ‘earn’ a $101,718 commission
   • The Franklin Forum would retain $712,031

In the end, Brock’s solicitor would have pocketed $350,825, almost a third of your initial donation! That’s a far cry from the advertised 12.5% commission.

How can we be sure this is intentional?

David Brock is the Chairman for each of these organizations!  How could he not know what’s going on?

• Media Matters: 31.50 hours per week
• Franklin Education Forum: 3 hours per week
• The Franklin Forum: 1 hour per week

Furthermore, the New York Times reports that David Brock shares a summer rental in the Hamptons with Mary Pat Bonner, the President of the Bonner Group!

Still not convinced?

David Brock didn’t even bother to give his organizations different phone numbers.  They all share the same phone number!

Let’s recap

Say, for example, you donate $1,062,857 to Media Matters for America.   This is how David Brock would have used your charitable donation in 2014:

1.  Media Matters would receive your $1,062,857 donation
   • The Bonner Group would earn a $132,857 commission
   • Media Matters would retain $930,000
2. Next, Media Matters would give what’s left of your entire donation, $930,000, to the Franklin Education Forum
   • The Bonner Group would ‘earn’ a $116,250 commission
   • The Franklin Education Forum would retain $813,750
3. The Franklin Education Forum would then forward the remaining $813,750 to The Franklin Forum
   • The Bonner Group would ‘earn’ a $101,718 commission
   • The Franklin Forum would retain $712,031

In the end, Brock’s solicitor would have pocketed $350,825, almost a third of your initial donation! That’s a far cry from the advertised 12.5% commission.

How can we be sure this is intentional?

David Brock is the Chairman for each of these organizations!  How could he not know what’s going on?

• Media Matters: 31.50 hours per week
• Franklin Education Forum: 3 hours per week
• The Franklin Forum: 1 hour per week

Furthermore, the New York Times reports that David Brock shares a summer rental in the Hamptons with Mary Pat Bonner, the President of the Bonner Group!

Still not convinced?

David Brock didn’t even bother to give his organizations different phone numbers.  They all share the same phone number!

What if…?

We even located the Bonner Group’s solicitation agreement with Media Matters on Florida’s Gift Givers’ Guide.  Clarification on their commission can be found on page 2:

This barely scratches the surface

Utilizing public facing tax returns, along with records submitted to the FEC, we mapped out all the significant money transfers from 2014 that took place in Brock’s office:

Summary

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
We’ve spent months trying to find some sort of loophole to justify this activity.  But there aren’t any loopholes.  David Brock has something to hide.  Just last week, The Daily Caller reported the following:

Adding to this, Fox News reported the following:

We believe that the information presented in this article is what has Brock so terrified.  We feel confident in saying, with close to absolute certainty, that David Brock is laundering money through his Media Matters conglomerate.

Look at the argument we’ve been making on The Citizens Audit:

• The 14 organizations stuffed into Brock’s office in Washington DC
• The fraudulent tax returns filed by Media Matters for America
• The dirty money flowing into the conglomerate via his unregistered solicitor, the Bonner Group
• The records exposed and analyzed in this article

Adding to this, we can also say, with close to absolute certainty, that David Brock’s Media Matters conglomerate is breaking campaign finance law by illegally coordinating with the Clinton Campaign:

• The Clinton Campaign’s illegal purchase of research from Brock’s Super PAC
• Brock’s shadow campaign for Hillary Clinton