An anonymous individual who secretly funneled $1.7 million to a super PAC in 2012 will soon be revealed after a lengthy legal fight — if a new appeals court decision in Washington is not put off for further review by the court
The person’s identity has remained a secret for years as the Federal Election Commission investigated a complaint into how the money was routed through intermediaries to a Missouri-based super PAC, Now or Never PAC. The group spent close to $8 million promoting GOP candidates in the 2012 election, including Missouri Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. The slow-moving case has been a major one for transparency advocates including Weintraub and CREW, who see public information about big-money political donors as a fundamental anti-corruption resource. Super PACs are supposed to disclose their donors and are not allowed to use pass-through organizations, called “straw donors,” to obscure their identities.stating the plaintiffs — a trust and a trustee named as “John Doe 1” and “John Doe 2” in the case — should be named by the FEC.
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