Posted on 05/17/2022 8:38:30 PM PDT by algore
Hansjorg Wyss, who has an estimated net worth of $5.1 billion and in lives in Wyoming, has become a major donor to liberal groups in recent years, but remains tight-lipped about his citizenship status.
Foreign nationals who don't hold US green cards are barred from making direct donations to candidates for office or political action committees, but they are are allowed to contribute to advocacy groups that seek to sway public policy.
In recently filed lawsuit, watchdog group Americans for Public Trust challenged that distinction, accusing the Federal Election Commission of acting too slowly on a complaint it filed against Wyss in May 2021
The lawsuit filed in US district court for Washington DC cites media interviews given by Wyss and a regulatory filing indicating that he is not a US citizen, and argues that the FEC needs to investigate whether his donations violate election laws.
'Americans for Public Trust is suing the FEC for failing to investigate foreign money in our elections,' Caitlin Sutherland executive director of Americans for Public Trust, told The Hill.
'Mr. Wyss, who is barred from directly or indirectly influencing our elections, has done just that by potentially funneling hundreds of millions of dollars through the Arabella Advisors network to benefit liberal and left-wing causes,' she added
'Until the FEC takes action, we won't know the full extent of his foreign interference in our electoral process.'
Wyss, 86, made headlines recently as part of a joint bid to take over British Premier League team Chelsea from sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
He also put together a failed takeover bid last year to buy Tribune Publishing, the company behind the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, and numerous other US newspapers
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Yeah. The ‘Rats care about that.
/snort
Put him in jail. I’m sick of people breaking the law and getting away with it.
Laws? Yeah sure...
Laws are for the little people, not democrats. Never put a law between democrats and money. Money wins every time.
Apparently we don’t do that anymore..../s
We do if you are republican, remember Dinesh? He went to jail for a very minor infection. I’m so sick of a two tiered justice system.
What’s this ‘may have’ Kimesabe?
Totally fine.
It’s for the Dims.
Nothing to see here.
Move along.
“..Laws are for the little people, not democrats. Never put a law between democrats and money. Money wins every time...”
^Truth^
I’m sure Garlands DOJ is all over this!
Sure they’ll pretend to toss him in a jail cell, with working cameras this time.
But the Dems will never give that illegitimate campaign funding money back.
Did you mean “infraction”?🤔
Nothing will happen to him just like bill and killery are still free and so is alec baldwin. No leftist democrat is ever prosecuted or imprisoned.
“Hansjorg Wyss, who has an estimated net worth of $5.1 billion and in lives in Wyoming...”
Does he rent space there to The Lizard?
It’s a multilevel pyramid scheme.
Duh!
Laws are for the little people, AND REPUBLICANS, not democrats.
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I notice he lives in a beautiful Republican dominated state and not a democrat dominated state. So typical. Deport him now! /spit
Yes, darn autocorrect
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