Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, his wife and three voting rights groups were hit Thursday with legal complaints alleging malfeasance related to activities surrounding the 2020 election. First, the Center for Renewing America (CRA) filed two complaints with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The complaints, obtained by FOX Business, allege that Zuckerberg and the three groups were involved in a scheme to inject nearly $500 million into the 2020 election in order to "throw it" to Biden
- Biden ultimately defeated former President Donald Trump, winning key swing states Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
- Zuckerberg hired former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe to spearhead the effort, according to the CRA.
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- A spokesperson for Zuckerberg said the donations were apolitical and non-partisan.
- The decision from the FEC was a 6-0 split decision, so any connection between the couple’s 2020 donations and any purpose to influence the election is speculative at best.
The complaint is based on obvious factual inaccuracies and repeats several disproven and preposterous claims," he added.
- "While we have neither received nor reviewed the complaint, we are confident that any IRS review of the facts will confirm this. Moreover, reporting on the complaint by the Center for Renewing America suggests it is based in part on a blatant factual inaccuracy."
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