The apparent admission of a top lawyer for the Obama campaign during a
recent conference call that the campaign has “work[ed] with some”
nonprofit organizations raises questions about the campaign’s
coordination with liberal nonprofit groups and could put the nonprofit
status of those groups at risk.
Courtney Wheeler, the Obama campaign’s national voter protection coordinator, fielded a question from an attorney on the Sept. 18 call about certain tax-exempt organizations—groups organized under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code—that may be violating the law by engaging in overtly political activity.
“Is there any attention paid to those organizations who have not subtly but overtly indicated they intend to ignore their 501(c)(3) limitations and campaign?” the caller asked, according to an audio recording of the conversation obtained by the Free Beacon.
“We do work with some of the (c)(3)s in terms of just, like, volunteers and things like that,” Wheeler said in response. “But for the (c)(3)s that are not following their statuses, if you want to send us the information on this we can definitely follow up and make sure we’re, you know, any groups are obviously following the law.”
The admission by a campaign lawyer that the campaign does “work with some of the (c)(3)s” could put the nonprofit status of those groups at risk—even if the coordination is limited to “just, like, volunteers and things like that.”
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/a-question-of-coordination/
Courtney Wheeler, the Obama campaign’s national voter protection coordinator, fielded a question from an attorney on the Sept. 18 call about certain tax-exempt organizations—groups organized under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code—that may be violating the law by engaging in overtly political activity.
“Is there any attention paid to those organizations who have not subtly but overtly indicated they intend to ignore their 501(c)(3) limitations and campaign?” the caller asked, according to an audio recording of the conversation obtained by the Free Beacon.
“We do work with some of the (c)(3)s in terms of just, like, volunteers and things like that,” Wheeler said in response. “But for the (c)(3)s that are not following their statuses, if you want to send us the information on this we can definitely follow up and make sure we’re, you know, any groups are obviously following the law.”
The admission by a campaign lawyer that the campaign does “work with some of the (c)(3)s” could put the nonprofit status of those groups at risk—even if the coordination is limited to “just, like, volunteers and things like that.”
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/a-question-of-coordination/
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