ORLANDO, Fla. — Hundreds of thousands of dollars a month moved through a dark-money nonprofit key to Florida’s “ghost” candidate scandal in the nine months before the 2020 elections, passing between operatives and entities involved in races across the state, according to newly released documents.
Bank records for Let’s Preserve the American Dream Inc. — which has close ties to big-business lobbying firm Associated Industries of Florida — emerged last week from a Miami criminal case, after the group’s leader, former AIF vice president Ryan Tyson, resisted their disclosure.
Though heavily redacted, the records reveal a rare glimpse into the day-to-day operations of a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, which are favored by political operatives for their opacity: They don’t have to reveal their donors and only limited information about how their money is spent.
