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Make America Great Once again PAC
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Basic facts
Location: New York
Blazon: Super PAC
Top official: Mike Ciletti
Founder(s): Leslie Caldwell
Year founded: 2015
Website: Official website
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Brand America Great Again PAC (MAGA PAC) was a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC. It was established in July 2015 past Leslie Caldwell. The super PAC filed termination paperwork on July half dozen, 2016, with the FEC and refunded over a $1 million to its donors.[1] [2]

Groundwork

Founded in July 2015, Brand America Keen Once again PAC (MAGA PAC) was a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC established by Leslie Caldwell. According to the FEC Statement of Arrangement, Caldwell was the custodian of record and treasurer.[3]

In October 2015, the super PAC announced information technology intended to shut downwards. Mike Ciletti, the group's director, said at the time, "Mr. Trump has said he doesn't take a super PAC. And then to honor his wishes, I'chiliad shutting my arrangement downwardly."[four] On July 6, 2016, MAGA PAC filed for termination with the FEC, effectively ending the super PAC. The super PAC refunded $one,033,000 to its donors.[2] [ane]

Finances

2016

According to documents filed with the Federal Ballot Commission, Brand America Smashing Over again PAC reported $157,714 in total receipts and $109,350 in full disbursements during agenda yr 2016 prior to filing for termination.[5]

2015

According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Make America Keen Over again PAC reported $1,742,684 in total receipts and $one,584,969 in total disbursements during agenda yr 2015.[6]

Noteworthy donors

Phillip Ruffin, who contributed $1 million, is the owner of Treasure Isle Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, while Seryl Kushner, who gave $100,000 is Trump's girl Ivanka Trump'south mother in law.[7] [8] The Washington Mail service noted that "Brand America Great Again somewhen refunded Ruffin's money and a few other contributions in December after spending about half a million dollars on consulting, legal expenses, travel, polling and other costs."[1] Below is a listing of the top five donors in 2015.

Top five 2015 donors to MAGA PAC[9]
Name Contribution corporeality
Phillip Ruffin $1,000,000
Andrew Aggravate $100,000
Michael Dezertov $100,000
Seryl Kushner $100,000
Phillip Pilevsky $100,000

Legal condition

Make America Great Once again PAC was a super PAC. A super PAC is a political committee that tin can solicit and spend unlimited sums of coin. A super PAC cannot contribute straight to a politician or political political party, but it tin can spend independently to entrada for or against political figures. These committees are also called independent expenditure-but committees. A super PAC is not legally considered a political action committee (PAC) and as such is regulated under carve up rules.[10] [11]

Noteworthy events

Alleged connections to Trump campaign

On October twenty, 2015, The Washington Mail service reported that there were several connections between the super PAC and Trump's campaign.[12] Mike Ciletti, who was a consultant for the super PAC according to Politico, had also received payments from the Trump campaign for consulting piece of work.[13] Such interaction is permissible by police, provided that precautions are taken to guarantee that no coordination takes place between the 2 organizations. The Washington Post also reported that the super PAC used donor information obtained through the campaign to generate their ain fundraising list.[xiii] [12]

In an interview on March 24, 2016, Stephanie Cegielski, a former spokeswoman for the group, stated, "I am glad [Trump] has brought more than people to the political process but I question his ability to be the leader of this state."[14]

In an open up letter of the alphabet on March 28, 2016, Cegielski explained why she no longer supported Trump:[15]

" I don't think even Trump idea he would go this far. And I don't fifty-fifty know that he wanted to, which is perhaps the scariest prospect of all. He certainly was never prepared or equipped to go all the way to the White House, but his ego has now taken over the driver's seat, and nothing else matters. ... His ego has at present taken over the driver's seat, and cipher else matters. The Donald does not fail. The Donald does not accept any weakness. The Donald is his own biggest enemy. ... Trump acts every bit if he's a fictional character. But like Hercules, Donald Trump is a work of fiction.[16] "

Contempo news

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Meet also

  • Donald Trump
  • Donald Trump presidential entrada, 2016
  • Super PAC
  • Republican presidential election super PACs, 2016

External links

  • Brand America Keen Again PAC, archived January 27, 2016

Footnotes

  1. i.0 1.1 1.2 The Washington Post, "Longtime Trump friend seeded pro-Trump super PAC with $1 meg," Feb 4, 2016
  2. 2.0 2.i FEC, "Termination, Brand America Great Over again PAC," accessed August 23, 2016
  3. FEC, "Argument of Organization," accessed October 20, 2015
  4. Politico, "Pro-Trump super PAC shuts downwards," October 22, 2015
  5. Federal Election Commission, "Brand America Not bad Again PAC Year-End Report, 2016," February 24, 2017
  6. Federal Ballot Commission, "Make America Cracking Once again PAC Twelvemonth-Cease Report, 2015," May 23, 2016
  7. Forbes, "Phillip Ruffin," accessed Feb 26, 2016
  8. The New York Times, "Donald Trump Pays a Visit to His Not-And so-Poor Relations," August 23, 2015
  9. Open Secrets, "Make America Great Again PAC," accessed October 24, 2016
  10. The Atlantic, "The New York Times' Disingenuous Entrada Confronting Citizens United," February 24, 2012
  11. The New York Times, "Who's Financing the 'Super PACs?" May seven, 2012
  12. 12.0 12.i The Washington Post, "The within story of Trump campaign'southward connections to a big-money super PAC," October xviii, 2015
  13. thirteen.0 13.one Politico, "Trump attended big-donor fundraiser last month," Baronial 23, 2015
  14. Free Beacon, "Sometime Pro-Trump Operative Disavows GOP Frontrunner," March 24, 2016
  15. XOJane, "An Open Letter to Trump Voters from His Top Strategist-Turned-Defector," March 28, 2016
  16. Notation: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.