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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSaudi-Led Oil Lobby Group Financed 2012 Dark Money Attack Ads
Saudi-Led Oil Lobby Group Financed 2012 Dark Money Attack Ads
Lee Fang on November 29, 2012 - 5:10 PM ET
The American in American Petroleum Institute, the countrys largest oil lobby group, is a misnomer. As I reported for The Nation in August, the group has changed over the years, and is now led by men like Tofiq Al-Gabsani, a Saudi Arabian national who heads a Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) subsidiary, the state-run oil company that also helps finance the American Petroleum Institute. Al-Gabsani is also a registered foreign agent for the Saudi government.
New disclosures retrieved today, showing some of APIs spending over the course of last year, reveal that API used its membership dues (from the worlds largest oil companies like Chevron and Aramco) to finance several dark money groups airing attack ads in the most recent election cycle.
Last year, API gave nearly half a million to the following dark money groups running political ads against Democrats and in support of Republicans:
New disclosures retrieved today, showing some of APIs spending over the course of last year, reveal that API used its membership dues (from the worlds largest oil companies like Chevron and Aramco) to finance several dark money groups airing attack ads in the most recent election cycle.
Last year, API gave nearly half a million to the following dark money groups running political ads against Democrats and in support of Republicans:
$50,000 to Americans for Prosperitys 501(c)(4) group, which ran ads against President Obama and congressional Democrats.
$412,969 to Coalition for American Jobs 501(c)(6) group, a front set up by API lobbyists to air ads for industry-friendly politicians, including soon to be former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA).
$25,000 to the Sixty Plus Associations 501(c)(4), which ran ads against congressional Democrats.
............. http://www.thenation.com/blog/171529/saudi-led-oil-lobby-group-financed-2012-dark-money-attack-ads#
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Saudi-Led Oil Lobby Group Financed 2012 Dark Money Attack Ads (Original Post)
Coyotl
Dec 2012
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superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)1. Thanks for posting
As we come to the sixty-day mark from the elections we're going to find out who funded many political 'ads'.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)2. Shhhh ...
President Obama stated in the SOTUS after Citizens United that the SCOTUS' decision "opened the door for a flood of foreign capital for the purpose of influencing our elections."
And Robert said, "No, it would ... Won't happen."
Mr. Roberts ... President Obama will accept your apology (and if you had any integrity, your resignation) at your earliest convenience.
lyingsackofmitt
(105 posts)3. Oh good
The same people that bankrolled the Sept 11 2001 attacks are funding the greedy obstructionist pricks. Can you spot the patriots?