Kari Lake-Linked Tech Firm Wreaking Campaign Finance Havoc

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Superfeed Technologies, a company with Trumpworld ties that once retained Kari Lake as an adviser, appears to have provided unreported free services to GOP candidates.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kari-lake-linked-tech-firm-superfeed-wreaking-campaign-finance-havoc-in-arizona



Questions have been raised about a series of apps that are providing information on Arizona’s conservative candidates. In fact, thanks to the Trump campaign’s ex-chief operating officer and financial patron to Arizona gubernatorial aspirant Kari Lake, the Grand Canyon State has a whole slew of them. The app Superfeed Technologies developed for Lake appears to be the most popular of the four apps which the Phoenix-based firm has developed for GOP candidates in Arizona—seemingly free of charge.

More than a thousand Android users and an unknown number of iPhone holders to date have downloaded the tool, which provides regular updates from Lake’s social media feed, notifies users of campaign events, and connects them with donation and volunteer sign-up portals. One problem: Arizona campaign finance records show no record of Lake’s campaign—or any political committee—having paid Superfeed for this service, despite the company explicitly describing its work.

And that, according to election lawyer James Barton, would make the app’s operation a violation of state contribution rules. “In some states, corporations and unions can contribute directly to campaigns. That’s not the case in Arizona,” Barton told The Daily Beast. “They may have for-free promoted her, and if that’s the case, that’s illegal, because that would be an in-kind contribution from a company.”



In fact, the only flow of money reflected in public records has passed from the mobile app developer to the TV host-turned-politician. In personal financial reports Lake filed with the state earlier this year, she reported receiving compensation for work as a “communication advisor” to FeedMe, Inc. The forms do not specify the amount of the commission, except that it exceeded $1,000.

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1. If this is correct, where is the DoJ, still vetting Kavanaugh, oh wait they didn't , coffee brake ?