‘Landmark win in the fight against dark money’: Watchdog secures FEC fine from pro-Trump advocacy group for failing to disclose donors

Charlie Kirk pictured along side Donald Trump

Then-U.S. President Donald Trump appears on stage with Charlie Kirk, head of Turning Point USA, before addressing the Turning Point USA’s Teen Student Action Summit in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2019. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

A pro-Donald Trump advocacy group was recently fined by the Federal Election Commission for failing to disclose some of its donors.

In 2021, the nonprofit government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint against Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Action for allegedly keeping regulators in the dark about donor information for a series of expenditures between Aug. 20, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020.

The watchdog group’s complaint alleged the conservative group, which is affiliated with Turning Point USA, was unable to provide information for some $1.4 million in pro-GOP election spending.

In the end, however, FEC commissioners only issued a relatively small $18,000 fine – based on Turning Point Action’s inability to disclose $33,795 in reportable contributions from donors who gave more than $200, CREW announced in a press release issued on Friday.

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