Anti-Vax Group Made Illegal Donation To GOP AGs

Popular Information reports:

The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) accepted an illegal $50,000 contribution from Children’s Health Defense, a leading purveyor of anti-vaccine propaganda run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The unlawful contribution, which was received by RAGA last summer, was first disclosed in an 87-page document filed with the IRS last week.

Children’s Health Defense is organized as a 501(c)(3) charity, which means that contributions to the group are tax-deductible. As such, under the law, Children’s Health Defense is “absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.”

In response to a request for comment by Popular Information, Children’s Health Defense said that it paid $50,000 to gain access to Republican Attorneys General and brief them on “health policy issues.” Children’s Health Defense acknowledged paying the fee was illegal.

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1. BREAKING

Republican Attorneys General (@RepublicanAGs) accepted an illegal $50,000 contribution from Children’s Health Defense, RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine propaganda.

The donation could threaten CHD’s tax-exempt status.

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— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 8, 2022