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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Peter Stone

US dark-money fund spends millions to back Republican attorneys general

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general embroiled in an impeachment scandal, at the CPAC summit in Dallas last August.
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general embroiled in an impeachment scandal, at the CPAC summit in Dallas last August. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

An influential group of 28 Republican attorneys general has benefited mightily from at least $9.5m since 2020 from the dark-money Concord Fund, public records reveal.

The Concord Fund, the top donor in 2022 and the two prior years to the Republican Attorneys General Association (Raga), boasts strong links to Federalist Society co-chairman Leonard Leo. Leo helped Donald Trump pick three conservative supreme court justices and now helps spearhead a dark money network that has secured $1.6bn from a single donor.

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