SOURCE: Persagen.com, 2020-06-23
Name derives from Trump as 45th President.
Wikipedia [captured 2020-06-22]: Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign: Groups supporting Trump:
... In August 2018, a group called the 45 Alliance was formed. All three of the group's officers had served on Trump's transition team, and two of them also served in Trump's White House. During the calendar year in which the 45 Alliance was formed, it was entirely funded by Trump for America, a nonprofit that supported Trump's transition ($150,000); by America First Policies ($150,000); and by the Republican National Committee ($75,000).
Neil Corkery is in charge of the 45 Alliance's finances. "He has ties to several high-profile dark money operations," Walker Davis wrote, "like the Wellspring Committee and the Judicial Crisis Network. In 2018, an anonymous million dollar contribution to President Trump's inauguration was linked to him [Neil Corkery].
[2019-12-02] Trump Appointees Wined and Dined by Pro-Trump Non-Profit Group at Trump Hotel:
Financial support to 45 Alliance from the Republican National Committee, and America First Policies.
The President of the 45 Alliance is Trump White House transition team member Jamie Burke. ... Prior to that, Burke worked for the conservative Heritage Foundation, where she developed a leadership training project created by former congressman and vice-presidential nominee Jack Kemp. Additionally, Jamie Burke is currently a board member of the American Conservative Union -- the oldest right-wing lobbying organization in America.
Additional staff of the 45 Alliance include former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and current partner at a consulting group focused on "public policy and government relations," Rick Dearborn. Josh Pitcock, a former chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence who is now the Vice President of Government Relations for Oracle, is another 45 Alliance board member.
The dizzying revolving doors between the White House, pro-Trump non-profits and the president's family-owned hotel have government accountability advocates sounding the alarm bells.
[2020-01-14] Trump Transition Gave $150K to Mysterious Pro-Trump Dark Money Group:
The 45 Alliance was formed in August of 2018, according to a corporate filing in Virginia. The three officers named on the form -- Jamie Burke, Richard Dearborn, and Josh Pitcock -- each have ties to the Trump administration. Dearborn and Pitcock both worked in the Trump White House, and all three worked on the transition team, perhaps providing a clue as to why the transition group is funding the new nonprofit. All three now work in private sector jobs with close ties to special interests.
[2020-01-14] Trump Transition Gave $150K to Mysterious Pro-Trump Dark Money Group:
$150,000 cash grant (donation) to 45 Alliance from Trump for America, Inc., per latter's 2018 Form 990 tax return.
[2020-03-30] Tax Form Emphasizes Mysterious Dark Money Group's Ties to Trump:
The fact the 45 Alliance got nearly all of its initial funding from these three groups [Republican National Committee | Trump for America, Inc. | America First Policies] shows the 45 Alliance was well-connected within the Trump political network before it had any public presence.
According to the tax form, "The 45 Alliance aims to cultivate, inspire, and retain the talent and experience of the current appointees and to engage and support a network of former Administration appointees, to sustain and promote the principles on which their appointments were premised, with a goal of promoting the policies, principles, and mission of this Administration."
Neil Corkery is a conservative operative known for directing the flow of secret political money. He has ties to several high-profile dark money operations like the Wellspring Committee and Judicial Crisis Network. In 2018, an anonymous million dollar contribution to President Trump's inauguration was linked to him. Corkery's involvement with the new pro-Trump operation links it to some of the country's most secretive and influential political nonprofits.
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