O'Keefe Media Group: Someone May Be Using Political Campaigns to Launder Money, Taking Advantage of the Elderly and Unemployed. See the Video. Substackers, Please Cross-Post
Step 1. Falsely attribute massive donations to the elderly and employed. Step 2. It's clean. OMG has the data. PS They call these victims of identity theft "smurfs".
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James O’Keefe, who recently parted ways with Project Veritas, and the recently launched O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) have just published their first breaking story, and it’s going to rattle some cages.
From: Breaking Stories (okeefemediagroup.com)
[ANNAPOLIS, MD ] Residents across the country who have previously given contributions to Democrat fundraising arm ActBlue appear to unknowingly be a part of a national money laundering scheme to funnel millions of dollars into political campaigns. This was a tip that came from Peter Bernegger of Election Watch, a group guided toward “protecting the integrity of elections.”
The hypothesis has been given credence now that an O’Keefe Media Group investigation not only verified the data on state and federal election sites but also published in-person corroborating interviews with these donors.
Through publicly available records, it was discovered that several Maryland voters had excessive amounts of donations made in their names - not just once, not just twice, but some of them over 10,000 times since 2019.
The O’Keefe Media Group then conducted in person interviews with some of these Maryland voters to inquire as to what knowledge, if any, these Maryland residents had of the scheme.
Cindy Nowe of Annapolis made 1009 unique contributions from 2019-2022 to ActBlue totaling over $18,000 according to federal and state elections data.
She was dismayed by this figure when interviewed by James O’Keefe. Nowe stated that she donates to ActBlue “once in a while,” but she laughed off the $18K figure saying “I doubt that…No I don’t think so.” She added “I wish I could have donated $18,000.”
Another Maryland resident, Garland Riggs, denied that so many contributions could have come from her family with her husband saying “no, not us.” According to publicly available records Riggs contributed more $230,000 through over 31,000 individual donations.
Both in Maryland and nationally, Warnock for Georgia, Amy for America, Progressive Turnout and many more Democratic PACs seem to be the common recipients of these contributions from what Bernegger calls “smurfs,” in accordance with its label as a term for those involved in the structure of money laundering.
James O’Keefe has implored those following the story “who are fearless, with integrity, and willing to find out the truth” to join him and uncover more of these victims and who is at the top of what could be the biggest financial fraud scheme in the history of the United States
O’Keefe Media Group Uncovers Potential MASSIVE Money Laundering into Political Campaigns - YouTube
The O’Keefe Media Group broke its first story investigating what appears to be a national plot to utilize senior citizens matching a similar profile as vehicles to launder millions of dollars into political campaigns.
The data breaking down the scheme and high volume of contributions was provided to OMG’s newsroom by a Wisconsin based group called Election Watch, led by Peter Bernegger and corroborated by cross referencing data on the Federal Election Commission site and state data.
Through these publicly available records, it was discovered that Maryland voters had excessive amounts of donations made in their names - not just once, not just twice, but some of them over 10,000 times since 2019.
Several of these donors, who Bernegger calls “smurfs” in accordance with its label as a term for those involved in the structure of money laundering, would have to make dozens of contributions a day to keep pace with their contribution levels.
Facets of this scheme have been previously reported on by the Epoch Times and The Gateway Pundit and seemingly dismissed by legacy media. Most donors in the data are tied to Democrat fundraising entity ActBlue.
The O’Keefe Media Group is the first news organization to capture interviews on camera with the senior citizens who are apparent victims of this scheme.
Take for example Garland Riggs, a resident of Maryland who has made 31,073 contributions for a sum of over $230,000 from 2015 to 2022 according to FEC and state data. When approached at their doorstep by James O’Keefe, Mrs. Riggs and her husband were shocked by the figures. When told they were listed as giving over $230,000 Mr. Riggs said “No, not us,” before imploring O’Keefe to help him “get to the bottom of all this.”
In response to this interaction and several other interviews with Maryland residents, the top election administrator in Maryland, State Election Administrator Linda Lamone, said her office “doesn’t know anything about that” and declined to comment further.
Excellent work OMG!👍🙏🇺🇸
Margot Kidder described a related money-laundering scheme by Democrats in Montana in which "donations went back and forth between the state and federal Dem committees to evade maximum contribution laws.
George Webb also described a money-stealing scheme by which money donated for Bernie Sanders wound up in the coffers of other Dem candidates.
And then there is the question of how this money gets used. Where does it eventually end up? Where does it really come from? And how are the big donors paid back after their candidates win?