“Stolen Election” Leaders Accused Of Financial Scam

The Texas Tribune reports:

Conservative activists Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips used the nonprofit True the Vote to enrich themselves, according to a complaint filed to the IRS. On Monday, the nonprofit watchdog group Campaign for Accountability called for an investigation into True the Vote, which has made repeated false claims about voter fraud in elections. The complaint said True the Vote used donations to issue loans to Engelbrecht, its founder, and lucrative contracts to Phillips, a longtime director.

The pair catapulted to national prominence when conservative provocateur Dinesh D’Souza featured the nonprofit’s discredited work in the film “2,000 Mules,” which played in theaters across the country. The group’s legal woes have mounted following the D’Souza movie.  A Georgia voter sued the pair and D’Souza for defamation because he said he was wrongfully accused of committing voter fraud. James Bopp Jr., the former general counsel, is now suing True the Vote in federal court for nearly $1 million in unpaid legal bills.

Read the full article. Last year the pair spent a week in jail on contempt charges.

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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 5, 2023