Holtzman - Vogel HVJT

=<div>oops, see  alex 19 and mehlman</div><div>
</div><div>see ginni liberty central?  leo?</div><div>see kanye west 2020</div><div>voter suppression</div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div>tigerswan rico dapl? on whose side?</div><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">huh?</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/09/10/vogel-law-firm-dakota-access-racketeering-tigerswan-conflict" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/09/10/vogel-law-firm-dakota-access-racketeering-tigerswan-conflict</a></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">...Energy Transfer Partners, owner of the <a href="https://www.desmog.com/energy-transfer-partners-bakken-oil-pipeline-through-iowa" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">Dakota Access pipeline</a>, has filed a federal lawsuit against Greenpeace and others for alleged racketeering in their anti-pipeline activism related to Standing Rock. The company’s <a href="https://www.desmog.com/2017/08/22/dakota-access-trump-greenpeace-racketeering" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">legal support comes from the firm Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP</a>, whose attorneys also represent President <a href="https://www.desmog.com/donald-trump" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">Donald Trump</a> in the ongoing Russia-U.S. election investigation.  </div>However, federal court rules require that, in addition to the New York-based team at Kasowitz, Energy Transfer Partners must retain local legal counsel in North Dakota, where the lawsuit was filed. The bottom of the <a href="https://www.desmog.com/wp-content/uploads/files/Energy%20Transfer%20v%20GP%20-%20Complaint%20NDakota%2017cv173.pdf" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">187-page legal complaint</a> filed on August 22 reveals that the corporation chose Vogel Law Firm, with offices in both Minnesota and North Dakota, for that job.However, by serving as a law firm for Energy Transfer Partners, Vogel may have a potential conflict of interest. That’s because, at the same time, the firm is representing the North Dakota Private Investigation and Security Board in its ongoing lawsuit against <a href="https://www.desmog.com/topics/tigerswan" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">TigerSwan</a>. This private security firm worked on behalf of Dakota Access during the months-long protest movement at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in Cannon Ball, North Dakota.The Private Investigation and Security Board has sued TigerSwan for operating in the state <a href="https://theintercept.com/2017/06/28/tigerswan-faces-lawsuit-over-unlicensed-security-operations-in-north-dakota/" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">without a permit</a> — on behalf of Energy Transfer Partners.<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">...In the racketeering lawsuit, Vogel lawyer <a href="http://www.vogellaw.com/professionals/robert-b-stock/" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">Robert Stock</a> is serving as local counsel alongside the Kasowitz lawyers. In the <a href="https://www.desmog.com/wp-content/uploads/files/ND%20PISB%20v.%20TigerSwan%20Docket%20%281%29.pdf" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">case against TigerSwan</a>, Vogel attorneys Monte Rogneby and <a href="http://www.vogellaw.com/professionals/justin-j-hagel/" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">Justin Hagel</a> have <a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3880181/TigerSwan-Complaint.pdf" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: none;">filed the lawsuit</a> on behalf of the Private Investigation and Security Board in Burleigh County, North Dakota civil court.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div></div><div style=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small;">=<div>raw story</div><div><a href="https://www.alternet.org/2022/03/clarence-thomas/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">https://www.alternet.org/2022/03/clarence-thomas/</a></div><div>
</div><div>Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' right leaning political views have been obvious for decades in his writings for the Court. A new report in the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-strange-pick-to-promote-his-book-says-it-all?ref=home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Daily Beast</a>, however, spotlights just how intertwined his financial connections are to an ultra-conservative judicial activist.When Thomas was looking to promote the release of his memoir last October he chose to hire a public relations firm, CRC Advisors, run by the former chief of the Federalist Society, Leonard Leo. Leo is a top fundraiser for right-wing judicial activist groups. The Daily Beast reports that "Leo has raised hundreds of millions of dollars over the three decades on behalf of right-wing dark money groups to influence the federal judiciary and Supreme Court. He advised and persuaded Republican presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump in their appointments of Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Chief Justice John Roberts—and prepped Justice Thomas for his nomination hearings."The report also says that Leo is the "hub" of dark money groups that stealthily fund and link up with parties who argue cases before the Supreme Court, something that Supreme watchers have dubbed an "amicus flotilla."Leo’s affiliations with the court - and especially Thomas - are especially pronounced. He made the justice the godfather of one of his children and has hosted him on vacation at his New England retreat.Paul Collins is a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and author of several books about the high court. He says Thomas’ choice of Leo’s firm is “strange” and “unnecessary.”
“It signals that this world of the Federalist Society is even smaller than we thought,” Collins told The Daily Beast.</div><div>
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</div><div style="font-size: small;">----voter suppression, floridahayes recs<h1 class="single-posttitle text--h1-super-sans" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-8); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-16); font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); line-height: var(--line-height-115);"> Constellation of Anti-Voting Groups Threaten Democracy</h1><div class="single-postmeta" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;">By Marc Elias<time datetime="2022-08-18" pubdate="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">  August 18, 2022</time></div><a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/news/a-constellation-of-anti-voting-groups-threaten-democracy/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">https://www.democracydocket.com/news/a-constellation-of-anti-voting-groups-threaten-democracy/</a>republican leaders of the anti-voting movement recently <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsDocumented/status/1547695910724874240?s=20&t=J2b67q5NmSmzbsbSHIepOg" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">held</a> a “gourmet dinner” at an “undisclosed location” to discuss my voting rights litigation. The event was billed as the inaugural leadership dinner for a group called the Honest Elections Project. I was not invited to attend.<div class="single-postcontent-main" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-88);">There is a constellation of well-funded, right-wing groups that use the legal and political system to make voting more difficult and free and fair elections less likely. They range from mere vote suppressors to full-on election deniers. Most oppose expanding voting rights and support strict voting laws. Many seek to gut the <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/explainers/the-voting-rights-act-how-we-got-here/" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; position: relative;">Voting Rights Act</a> entirely; others want it interpreted so narrowly as to be ineffective. None of these organizations supported Congress’ efforts to enact new pro-voter legislation.
<h2 id="h-these-right-wing-groups-work-closely-with-the-rnc-and-with-state-legislatures-to-advance-anti-voting-legislation" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); margin: var(--spacing-unit-0) var(--spacing-unit-0) var(--spacing-unit-16); line-height: var(--line-height-12);">These right-wing groups work closely with the RNC and with state legislatures to advance anti-voting legislation.</h2><div>
</div>The American Constitutional Rights Union, Foundation for Government Accountability, Judicial Watch, Lawyers Democracy Fund, Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) and Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections are just a few of the groups fighting against voting rights in court. America First Legal Foundation, Election Integrity Network, Heritage Foundation and True the Vote also support anti-democracy legal efforts. The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council advances model anti-voting legislation for state legislatures.
We recently got a preview of how these groups will operationalize their legal efforts in court in the future. Earlier this year, a Florida federal judge <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/alerts/florida-judge-blocks-harmful-voter-suppression-law-in-win-for-voters/" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">struck down</a> most of the state’s “Big Lie” voter suppression law. In doing so, the court found that Florida Republicans had intentionally discriminated against Black voters and had violated the constitutional rights of Floridians seeking to participate in the democratic process. On appeal, six national anti-voting groups <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/florida-voter-suppression-bill/" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">filed</a> separate “friend of the court” briefs opposing the lower court’s decision — in addition to the briefs by the state defendants and the Republican Party.
For many years, the Republican National Committee (RNC) was <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/dnc-v-rnc-consent-decree" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">legally barred</a> from participating in election monitoring or voter suppression efforts as a consequence of the GOP’s ugly history of targeting minority voters in the 1980s. When that bar was lifted in 2017, the RNC picked up where it had left off and ran so-called “election integrity” programs with state parties.<figure class="wp-block-pullquote" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; border-left: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative;">These anti-voting legal groups offer a path for Republicans to wield majority political power without majority support. </blockquote></figure>Now, in the post-Trump era, the RNC <a href="https://documented.net/investigations/recordings-reveal-whats-really-going-on-cleta-mitchell-election-integrity-network" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; position: relative;">directly partners</a> with voter suppression groups and efforts that two years ago would have been unthinkable. The party’s dismal court results following the 2020 election coupled with MAGA supporters’ distrust of the party establishment has left the GOP operating in the penumbra of the current stars of the election denier and voter suppression movement.<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); margin: var(--spacing-unit-0) var(--spacing-unit-0) var(--spacing-unit-16); line-height: var(--line-height-12);">It’s not just what these groups do, but who runs them.</h2><div>
</div>On PILF’s board of directors, for example, are Cleta Mitchell and John Eastman, both of whom served as lawyers for former President Donald Trump. Mitchell participated in the infamous telephone call during which Trump demanded that the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) find 11,000 votes and declare Trump the winner. Eastman, who has been in the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/us/politics/john-eastman-jan-6.html" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; position: relative;">news</a> recently for having a search warrant executed against him, helped craft the January 2021 insurrection plan.
The Honest Elections Project — the host of the secret dinner — was formed in February 2020 and is connected to Federalist Society founder Leonard Leo.
The newest of these groups, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-trump-ag-barr-others-launch-republican-backed-election-law-group-2022-07-21/" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections</a>, was co-founded by former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr (R) and Karl Rove, who served as former senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush. Casino billionaire Steve Wynn provides the organization’s financial backing as its finance chair.
This group is notably more competent and well-resourced than the legal buffoonery who led Trump’s post-election antics. Though I am no fan of Barr, he is unlikely to hire lawyers who claim Hugo Chávez rigged elections from the grave or threaten to release the mythological Kraken. With Rove on its board as well, Barr is almost certainly not going to hold press conferences in a landscaping parking lot.<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); margin: var(--spacing-unit-0) var(--spacing-unit-0) var(--spacing-unit-16); line-height: var(--line-height-12);">Notably, the infrastructure on the right is eclipsing the organizations on the left. </h2><div>
</div>Historically, most organizations and resources dedicated to protecting the right to vote were connected to the left. Today there are still many important civil rights and voting rights organizations that bring litigation to protect the right to vote. Their work is invaluable. But most of those groups have broader portfolios that extend beyond voting rights and have insufficient resources to meet their growing needs.What is notable about the right wing’s approach is the scope and interconnected nature of their legal efforts to undermine voting rights and free and fair elections. 
Right-wing legal groups <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/14/us-election-lawyers-voting-rights" target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; position: relative;">work in tandem</a> with Republican legislatures dominated by election deniers. These organizations can help generate the most effective voter suppression policies that Republicans turn into laws. When those laws are challenged in court, the conservative legal groups then help defend them.
This brings me back to the “gourmet dinner” at an “undisclosed location” that I was not invited to attend. The right wing holds these events and funds these groups because they know that they cannot win fair elections. These anti-voting legal groups offer a path for Republicans to wield majority political power without majority support. They know that they lost in 2020. They are embarrassed that Trump was routed in post-election litigation. Some are upset that his coup failed on Jan. 6.
They set up new groups, hold secret dinners and create new voter suppression laws hoping that we will give up. I’m not sure what gave them that impression. After Trump was defeated in 2020, his team fought dozens of times in court — and lost. We didn’t give up then, and we certainly aren’t giving up now.</div><footer class="single-postfooter" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="next-post" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-88);"><h3 class="next-postlabel section-header" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-24); line-height: var(--line-height-12); align-items: flex-end; border-bottom: 4px solid var(--c-primary-dark); display: flex; padding-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-14); letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-md); text-transform: uppercase;">NEXT UP</h3><h4 class="next-posttitle" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); margin: var(--spacing-unit-0) var(--spacing-unit-0) var(--spacing-unit-16); line-height: var(--line-height-12);"><a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/news/conservatives-have-been-packing-the-courts-for-years/" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; position: relative; line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-24); text-underline-offset: 3px;">Conservatives Have Been Packing the Courts for Years</a></h4><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-0); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-16); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); line-height: var(--line-height-15);">We deserve a forward-thinking judiciary filled with movement lawyers who want to see progress for our nation.<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-0); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-16); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); line-height: var(--line-height-15);">
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text-decoration-color: var(--c-primary-dark); font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">Senate Bill 90</a>. The case claims that S.B. 90’s drop box restrictions, mail-in ballot repeat request requirement, volunteer assistance ban, deceptive registration warning and food and water ban violate the First and 14th Amendments. The Republican National Committee (RNC) and National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) intervened in the case. Four cases challenging S.B. 90 were consolidated for discovery and trial, with this case named as the “parent case.” <p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-0); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-32); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); line-height: var(--line-height-168);">
<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-0); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-32); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); line-height: var(--line-height-168);">A two-week trial began on Monday, Jan. 31. After the trial, the judge struck down multiple provisions of S.B. 90: the drop box restrictions, line-warming ban and warning requirements for third party voter registration organizations. Florida is also placed under preclearance for the next 10 years and must obtain approval from the court before passing any new laws related to drop boxes, line-warming and voter registration organization activities.<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-0); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-32); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); line-height: var(--line-height-168);">
<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-0); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-32); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); line-height: var(--line-height-168);">The defendants appealed this decision to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which paused the decision of the district court while the appeal is litigated. This means that the previously-blocked provisions of S.B. 90 are in effect and Florida is no longer under preclearance requirements pending further action by the 11th Circuit. Oral argument is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2022.<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-0); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-32); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); line-height: var(--line-height-168);">
<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: var(--spacing-unit-0); margin-bottom: var(--spacing-unit-32); box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal); line-height: var(--line-height-168);">---=Dated: January 31, 2022 Respectfully submitted:/s/ Mohammad O. JazilMohammad O. Jazil (FBN: 72556)mjazil@holtzmanvogel.comGary V. Perko (FBN: 855898)gperko@holtzmanvogel.com
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Benjamin J. Gibson FBN 58661bgibson@shutts.comDaniel E. Nordby FBN 14588dnordby@shutts.comGeorge N. Meros Jr. FBN 263321gmeros@shutts.comFrank A. Zacherl FBN 868094 ---Tallahassee, FL 32301(850) 274-1690(540) 341-8809 (fax)Phillip M. Gordon (VA Bar: 96521)pgordon@holtzmanvogel.com15405 John Marshall HwyHaymarket, VA 20169(540) 341-8808(540) 341-8809 (fax)BRADLEY R. MCVAY (FBN 79034)General CounselBrad.McVay@dos.myflorida.comASHLEY E. DAVIS (FBN 48032)Deputy General CounselAshley.Davis@dos.myflorida.comFlorida Department of StateR.A. Gray Building Suite 100500 South Bronough StreetTallahassee, Florida 32399-0250(850) 245-6536(850) 245-6127 (fax)Admitted pro hac viceCounsel for Secretary Laurel M. Leefzacherl@shutts.comAmber Stoner Nunnally FBN 109281anunnally@shutts.comTara R. Price FBN 98073tprice@shutts.comSHUTTS & BOWEN LLP215 South Monroe Street, Ste. 804Tallahassee, Florida 32301Tel: (850) 241-1717Tyler Green* Utah Bar No. 10660tyler@consovoymccarthy.comCameron T. Norris* Tenn. 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</div><div>=</div><div>=kim b propub:Noble’s prime position in the Koch network took a hit at the end of the 2012 campaign, when he and the Center circumvented California election laws in an attempt to influence two state ballot measures.Noble first met California political strategist Tony Russo in Las Vegas in <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/810101-anthony-russo-interview.html#document/p6/a128415" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline;">October 2011</a>, according to a recorded interview Russo later gave to California investigators. Russo wanted Koch money for an effort to fight unions. Noble agreed to help, paying <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810101-anthony-russo-interview.html#document/p39/a128442" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline;">hundreds of thousands</a> of dollars to run <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810101-anthony-russo-interview.html#document/p34/a128439" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline;">focus groups</a>, develop ads and reach out to voters, Russo said.Russo hoped the Koch network would do even more. Russo later said he and Noble spoke more than <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810101-anthony-russo-interview.html#document/p16/a128431" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">18 times</a> in the run-up to the election, meeting once in <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810101-anthony-russo-interview#document/p15/a128429" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Washington</a>.Meanwhile, Russo and Jeff Miller, another California consultant, raised $29 million from about 150 confidential donors to fight a proposition to raise taxes and to support another one limiting unions’ political power. They transferred the money to a Virginia-based trade association that had agreed to spend it on ads related to the initiatives. But as Election Day drew closer, the association, Americans for Job Security, balked <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/810101-anthony-russo-interview.html#document/p32/a128438" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">at buying ads</a>, worried that under California law, it would be required to <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810104-stephen-demaura-interview.html#document/p54/a128840" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">disclose</a> who had donated the funds for them.Russo said he approached <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810101-anthony-russo-interview.html#document/p38/a128440" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Noble</a> and offered to transfer money from the Virginia group to the Center. In return, he asked Noble to tap separate resources to help in <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810101-anthony-russo-interview.html#document/p40/a144784" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">California</a>. Noble thought he had <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810101-anthony-russo-interview#document/p40/a128443" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">groups</a> that could help, Russo recalled.“He said, you know, get me your money,” Russo said in his interview.Americans for Job Security transferred about $4 million to the Center on <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/810107-updated-ajs-demaura-documents.html#document/p7/a128762" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Sept. 10</a>. On Sept. 13, American Future Fund gave about $4 million to a California affiliate, the California Future Fund for Free Markets, which was spending money on the anti-union proposition.Americans for Job Security sent another <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810107-updated-ajs-demaura-documents#document/p2/a128756" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">$14 million</a> to the Center on Oct. 11.  The Center then gave <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/809469-arl-cppr-stipulation-final-with-ag#document/p10/a128057" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">most</a> of that money to Americans for Responsible Leadership, run by Kirk Adams, a friend and former client of Noble’s. On Oct. 15, Americans for Responsible Leadership sent $11 million to the Small Business Action Committee, a PAC spending on the initiatives.Within days, a good governance <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=8410969" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">group</a> demanded a state inquiry into the contribution.Still, Americans for Job Security gave another $6.5 million to the Center on <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/810107-updated-ajs-demaura-documents#document/p3/a128757" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Oct. 22</a>. But no additional money from Koch-funded groups flowed back into the California initiatives fight – at Noble’s direction, Russo said.California had launched an investigation.“The <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/810101-anthony-russo-interview#document/p77/a144783" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">explanation</a> was, your regulatory guys are going crazy and I just don’t think we can do it,” Russo said.California’s Fair Political Practices Commission <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/26/usa-campaign-finance-california-idUSL1E8LQ0FV20121026" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">sued</a> Americans for Responsible Leadership on Oct. 25, 2012, seeking to force the group to reveal its donors. Six days later, a Sacramento Superior Court judge ordered that the group turn over the records to the state for an audit, saying that voters could suffer <a href="http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/nov/01/legal-fight-continues-arizona-groups-contributions/" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">“irreparable harm” </a> if they didn’t know who was behind the group before the election. Americans for Responsible Leadership appealed. The case made its way to the California Supreme Court, which on Nov. 4 unanimously ordered Americans for Responsible Leadership to <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/05/local/la-me-secret-donors-20121105" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">turn over its records</a>.The next day, just before the election, Noble and Adams sent letters to the Small Business Action Committee as part of a settlement with regulators<a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/811828-letters-on-intermediary-contributions.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">, admitting</a> they had funneled money from Americans for Job Security to the Small Business Action Committee.The state then accused the groups of <a href="http://www.fppc.ca.gov/index.php?id=346" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">money laundering</a> based on their efforts to disguise the original source of the $11 million transferred to the Small Business Action Committee in October.In his interview with investigators, Russo said he was <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/810101-anthony-russo-interview#document/p84/a128735" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">“shocked”</a> by the admission from Noble, because he believed that the money came from a pool of money unrelated to the funds Americans for Job Security passed to the Center.Miller said he felt “just completely <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/810103-jeff-miller-interview#document/p95/a128949" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">screwed</a>” by Noble’s admission.“I’m not sure how their network works, to be <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/810103-jeff-miller-interview#document/p97/a128986" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">perfectly frank</a>,” Miller later told investigators in a recorded interview. “But when he, when he started to get in the shit storm, he panicked and lied to you all about how it was done to protect his organizations. That’s what I think happened. I don’t know that, though. That’s what I think happened. I think that he panicked and to prevent your agency from opening up his books, he made, he lied.”In total, the Virginia trade association had sent $24.5 million to the Center. Only $15 million ended up going to California for the propositions, which conservatives ended up losing by a large margin.State regulators eventually <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-groups-pay-1-million-dollars-in-fines-in-california-case" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline;">slapped Americans for Responsible Leadership and the Center with a record fine</a>, $1 million.Individual donors to the effort were never disclosed, although the redaction was so poor, it was possible to determine that they included financier Charles Schwab, California philanthropist Eli Broad and Gap Chairman Bob Fisher, but not the Kochs or their companies.Initially, it appeared that the California Attorney General’s office might open a criminal investigation into the donations. But the investigation never moved forward; Noble was never interviewed in the case.As part of an agreement with the state, Adams and Noble were able to write off the $11 million transferred through their organizations to the Small Business Action Committee as a simple mistake. The failure to disclose the original source of the funds “was inadvertent, or at worst negligent,” their <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/809469-arl-cppr-stipulation-final-with-ag" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">stipulation</a> with California’s attorney general and campaign finance regulators said.Yet Noble and the lawyers he worked with were hardly new to campaign finance. Attorneys at Holtzman Vogel Josefiak, based on the East Coast, were national experts in dark money groups and election law, representing everyone from Crossroads GPS to the American Future Fund.A lawyer and a paralegal there had helped incorporate two of Noble’s consulting firms and several Koch-connected social-welfare nonprofits, as well as handling the Center’s application for tax-exempt status to the IRS. Another Holtzman Vogel lawyer had even helped incorporate and dissolve the California Future Fund for Free Markets, the nonprofit that spent money on the anti-union measure.“I would assume, given the high skill level at Holtzman Vogel, that their lawyers were familiar with California’s campaign finance law requirements,” said Paul S. Ryan, senior counsel at the <a href="http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=64" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: currentcolor none 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; vertical-align: baseline;">Campaign Legal Center</a> in Washington. “They’re good lawyers.”</div><div>=</div><div>unam bar</div><div>
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</div><div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC lawyers involved with voter suppression</h3><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://unamericanbar.com/voter-suppression-attorney/gineen-bresso" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent;">Gineen Bresso</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://unamericanbar.com/voter-suppression-attorney/phillip-m-gordon" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent;">Phillip M. Gordon</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://unamericanbar.com/voter-suppression-attorney/jonathan-p-lienhard" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent;">Jonathan P. Lienhard</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://unamericanbar.com/voter-suppression-attorney/dennis-w-polio" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent;">Dennis W. Polio</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://unamericanbar.com/voter-suppression-attorney/shawn-t-sheehy" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent;">Shawn T. Sheehy</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://unamericanbar.com/voter-suppression-attorney/jason-b-torchinsky" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent;">Jason B. Torchinsky</a></li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC worked on these lawsuits</h3><table class="table table-striped table-sm table-bordered " style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 1110px; margin-bottom: 1rem; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><thead style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><th scope="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: inherit; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: bottom; border-width: 1px 1px 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(222, 226, 230); border-image: initial;">Name</th><th scope="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: inherit; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: bottom; border-width: 1px 1px 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(222, 226, 230); border-image: initial;">Filed On</th><th scope="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: inherit; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: bottom; border-width: 1px 1px 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(222, 226, 230); border-image: initial;">Court</th><th scope="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: inherit; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: bottom; border-width: 1px 1px 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(222, 226, 230); border-image: initial;">Finalized</th><th scope="col" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: inherit; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: bottom; border-width: 1px 1px 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(222, 226, 230); border-image: initial;">Result</th></tr></thead><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);"><a href="https://unamericanbar.com/voter-suppression-lawsuits/scarnati-v-pa-democratic-party" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent;">Scarnati v. PA Democratic Party</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);">09/28/20</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);">Federal</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);">Yes</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);">Trump won</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);"><a href="https://unamericanbar.com/voter-suppression-lawsuits/daunt-v-benson" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: transparent;">Daunt v. Benson</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);">06/09/20</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);">Federal</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);">No</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.3rem; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(222, 226, 230);">N/A</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>Jill Kendrick Holtzman Vogel (née Holtzman, July 6, 1970) is an American attorney and politician serving as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Virginia" title="Senate of Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Virginia State Senator</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%27s_27th_Senate_district" title="Virginia's 27th Senate district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">27th district</a> since 2008. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Republican</a>, her district is located in exurban and rural parts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Virginia" title="Northern Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Northern Virginia</a>, and it includes all of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke_County,Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Clarke</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauquier_County,Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Fauquier</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_County,Virginia" title="Frederick County, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Frederick</a> counties, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,Virginia" title="Winchester, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Winchester</a> city, as well as pieces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culpeper_County,Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Culpeper</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudoun_County,Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Loudoun</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Stafford</a> counties.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-SenateBio-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="margin: 0px; position: absolute; opacity: 0; z-index: -1; display: none;" /><div class="toctitle" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr;" lang="en">
</div><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#Early_and_family_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Early and family life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#Political_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2Political career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#Policy_positions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3Policy positions</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#Abortion" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1Abortion</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#Gun_rights" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.2Gun rights</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#Child_marriage" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.3Child marriage</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#Redistricting_reform" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.4Redistricting reform</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#LGBT_rights" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.5LGBT rights</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#Electoral_history" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4Electoral history</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5References</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#Sources" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.1Sources</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early and family life[</h2>Born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke,Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Roanoke, Virginia</a>, Vogel's family started a small business, Holtzman Oil Company, which eventually grew into an enterprise employing over 600 people in Virginia. Vogel attended the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_William_and_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="College of William and Mary" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">College of William and Mary</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsburg,Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Williamsburg, Virginia</a>, and received a B.A. degree in government and religion.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-:0-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> She then attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DePaul_University" title="DePaul University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">DePaul University</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DePaul_University_College_of_Law" title="DePaul University College of Law" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Law School</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Chicago</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Illinois</a>, and received a J.D. degree.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-SenateBio-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-:0-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Political career[</h2>A member of the Virginia and Washington D.C. bars, Vogel did legal work for charitable and nonprofit organizations, as well as campaign finance and ethics.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-:0-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> Vogel served as Deputy General Counsel in the Department of Energy, before starting her own law firm, Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-:0-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> Vogel became the Chief Counsel of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Republican National Committee</a> in February 2004. Previously, she had been Deputy Chief Counsel, and was involved in the 2000 Florida recount and as a staff counsel at the 1996 Republican National Convention.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a>She was elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_of_Virginia" title="Senate of Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Senate of Virginia</a> as a Republican in 2007, after long-term state senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Potts" title="Russ Potts" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Russ Potts</a> retired.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a> She represents much of the territory that was once represented by former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Governor</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U. S. Senator</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_F.Byrd" title="Harry F. Byrd" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Harry F. Byrd Sr.</a> and former U. S. Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_F.Byrd_Jr." title="Harry F. Byrd Jr." style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Harry F. Byrd Jr.</a> It was one of the first areas of Virginia to turn Republican; the GOP has held the seat without interruption since Harry Jr.'s appointment to the U. S. Senate in 1965.Vogel faced a contentious race in 2007, winning by only 661 votes over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_Virginia" title="Winchester, Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Winchester</a> School Board Trustee Karen Schultz as the Democrats regained control of the Senate. She was re-elected by a wider margin in 2011.In 2015, Vogel's candidacy for reelection was unopposed. She became the Caucus Whip for the Republican party in the state Senate.In 2017, after an unusually bitter primary battle,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> Vogel became the Republican nominee for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Lieutenant Governor of Virginia</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Virginia_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2017 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2017</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a> She lost to Democrat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Fairfax" title="Justin Fairfax" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Justin Fairfax</a> in the general election on November 7, 2017.In 2019 Vogel was reelected to the Virginia State Senate.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a> Also in 2019, Vogel was presented with the Legislator of the Year award from the Virginia Professional Fire Fighters organization.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a>In December 2021, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Beast" title="The Daily Beast" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The Daily Beast</a> reported that Vogel had done substantial work for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Kanye West 2020 presidential campaign" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Kanye West's 2020 presidential campaign</a> as part of a larger astroturfing effort by the Republican Party on behalf of West's candidacy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Policy positions[</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Abortion[</h3>In 2012, Vogel attracted nationwide media attention for a bill she introduced requiring abortion clinics to administer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transvaginal_ultrasound" class="mw-redirect" title="Transvaginal ultrasound" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">transvaginal ultrasounds</a>, which she described as necessary for fully <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent" title="Informed consent" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">informed consent</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gun rights[</h3>In 2016, she introduced legislation to allow victims of domestic violence to more easily and quickly obtain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States" title="Concealed carry in the United States" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">concealed weapons permits</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Child marriage[</h3>In 2016, she also gained nationwide media attention for helping repeal laws that allowed "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage" title="Child marriage" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">child marriage</a>" involving pregnant minors.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Redistricting reform[</h3>In 2017, she sought to curb <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering" title="Gerrymandering" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">gerrymandering</a> by introducing a bill establishing more specific criteria for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redistricting_in_Virginia" title="Redistricting in Virginia" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">redistricting in Virginia</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a> She also introduced legislation to legalize medicinal use of non-psychoactive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannabis oil" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">cannabis oils</a> for a range of conditions.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">LGBT rights[</h3>In the January 2020 session of the legislature, Vogel was the only Republican in the Senate who voted in favor of a ban on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">conversion therapy</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Vogel#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[15]</a> In the same session, Vogel also voted in favor of a bill which would make it easier for transgender Virginians to change the sex listed on their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_certificates" class="mw-redirect" title="Birth certificates" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">birth certificates</a> and a bill which would repeal Virginia's defunct ban on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">same-sex marriage</a>.=
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wapo 2017? no lnxVirginia Politics‘Dark-money’ superlawyer bills herself as advocate for charities in Va. lieutenant governor’s race
State Sen. Jill Vogel (R-Fauquier) is running for lieutenant governor of Virginia. (Steve Helber/AP)By Laura Vozzella October 14, 2017RICHMOND — In her bid to become Virginia's next lieutenant governor, Republican state Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel campaigns as an ethics attorney who represents charities and nonprofit organizations.
But her firm’s specialty is helping wealthy donors, corporations and political action committees influence elections — often in secret.
Vogel and her boutique law firm represent some of the nation’s largest super PACs and their related nonprofits, which are often called “dark-money” groups because they are not legally required to disclose the names of their donors.
Those entities include American Crossroads, the super PAC conceived by Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie and strategist Karl Rove, as well as Americans for Prosperity and other arms of the conservative political network founded by billionaires Charles and David Koch.
Those groups took off in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which found individuals, corporations and unions could spend unlimited sums on politics as long as they did so independently of campaigns and parties.
And Vogel’s firm — Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC, known as HVJT — became one of the premiere legal shops to help the PACs distribute their largesse.
Between 2005 and 2016, PACs and nonprofits that have hired Vogel’s firm spent close to $1 billion on federal elections, representing nearly a quarter of all outside spending over that period, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. For the 2016 cycle alone, those organizations accounted for more than $234 million of $1.4 billion in total outside spending.
Critics say Vogel’s firm profits from a national problem — untraceable money in politics that is corroding democracy.
“They represent the who’s who of secret, dark-money groups that are pumping a lot of money into our elections,” said Steve Spaulding, chief of strategy for Common Cause. “She’s not exactly an ethics lawyer representing mom-and-pop nonprofits. . . . We’re talking about the Koch brothers’ nonprofits.”
Vogel and attorneys working for her firm — based in rural Warrenton, 50 miles west of Washington — declined to be interviewed. Through a campaign spokesman, Vogel issued a brief statement that said attorney-client privilege prevents her from discussing her work.
“As an ethics attorney, I hold myself and my firm to the highest ethical and moral standards possible and I don’t settle for anything less,” read the statement, which then sought to shift attention to the law practice of her Democratic opponent, Justin Fairfax, a former federal prosecutor-turned-corporate lawyer. “There is absolutely no basis to this story at all.”
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Cleta Mitchell, a prominent GOP elections lawyer with Foley & Lardner in Washington and a longtime friend of Vogel's, said it's "outrageous" for anyone to question Vogel's integrity based on her legal specialty.
“What she does, what all of us in this field do, is we advise our clients how to exercise their First Amendment rights . . . without running afoul of the law,” Mitchell said, noting that conservatives do not have a monopoly on dark money.
“The darkest of dark money is when unions take their members’ dues and spend it on political activities about which the member actually either doesn’t know and with which the member may not agree,” she said. “AFP, Crossroads, any other advocacy group left or right . . . that’s voluntary, after-tax dollars. . . . Compare that with the unions, where Joe Lunchbucket doesn’t know where that money’s going to be spent.”
Vogel’s firm has sometimes been accused by regulators and election officials of pushing the limits of election law.
That was the case in California in 2012, when mysterious donors poured $15 million into two California proposition battles not long before Election Day.
Some of the money was to oppose Proposition 30, which eventually passed and raised the California sales tax and income tax. The rest was to support Proposition 32, which failed and would have prohibited unions from using payroll deductions for political purposes.
The size of the donation raised eyebrows, as did the source: out-of-state nonprofits that had never been involved in California politics.
[California donor disclosure case exposes how nonprofits play in politics]
When California regulators finally unraveled it — on the eve of Election Day, after the state Supreme Court held an unprecedented Sunday session to order disclosure — the source of the $15 million turned out to be close to home: wealthy Californians, including the Fisher family that founded the Gap retail chain and San Francisco investor Charles Schwab, who had wanted their names kept under wraps.
Under federal election law, the names could be kept private. But California state law requires the disclosure of donors who sponsor ads within 60 days of an election. Rather than disclose, the money was shifted from one Koch brothers’ nonprofit to another with help from Vogel’s firm, said Ann Ravel, a former Federal Election Commission member who was then the state’s chief elections watchdog as chair of the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC).
“It’s like if a restaurant gave money to all their employees to make donations to a political issue,” Ravel said. “That’s illegal. You have to give contributions in your own name. You cannot essentially launder it.”
Those involved were not charged with any crime; they reached a civil settlement with the FPPC and state attorney general and were ordered to pay a record fine of $1 million. And the two California political committees that had received and spent the money were ordered to pay the state $15 million.
Vogel did not play any role in the California case, her campaign spokesman said.
But legal experts say that as managing partner of the 13-lawyer firm, Vogel is ultimately responsible for its actions, much as a chief executive is responsible for the activities of a corporation.
Vogel’s firm was at the center of controversy again last fall, right after Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina came up short in his reelection bid. HVJT was enlisted to help McCrory, a Republican, who was refusing to concede.
Within weeks, the firm filed protests against 600 voters across the state. It said some voters were dead and others had voted in two states or were felons who had not completed their sentences.
But the state and local elections officials eventually threw out the protests because they were riddled with mistakes — sometimes confusing legitimate voters with ineligible people with similar names, according a study by the nonpartisan Democracy North Carolina.
Voters saw their names appear in newspapers, as suspects in an alleged felony voter fraud conspiracy. Some had to defend themselves before they were cleared by local elections boards.
Pressly M. Millen, a North Carolina attorney for several voters who were falsely accused of voting illegally, said the protest was an attempt to delegitimize the election.
Stephen T. Smith, a prominent Raleigh, N.C., lawyer, filed a grievance with the state bar against four lawyers from Vogel's firm, saying they had violated rules of professional conduct. Bar officials would neither confirm nor deny the existence of a pending complaint. Smith said he believes it remains pending.
In her brief statement to The Washington Post, Vogel said she was “never aware of any such complaint made against my firm.”
The bar complaint is not against the firm per se but against the four lawyers, who did not respond to requests for comment. Vogel was not among the four. But the firm was recently added as a defendant in what could become a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all voters falsely accused of illegal voting. A judge will decide whether Vogel’s firm should be part of the suit.
Chris West, a spokesman for the Vogel campaign, said she was unaware that her firm had been named in a lawsuit.
“Certainly no allegations even link Senator Vogel to any work in North Carolina, nor has any document been cited to name Senator Vogel,” he said in a text message. “All work done in North Carolina by other lawyers in the firm was done under the supervision of North Carolina lawyers. There is no basis to this story at all and none of this has anything to do with Senator Vogel or the Lt. Governor’s race in Virginia.”
Vogel, 47, is a Shenandoah Valley native and the daughter of a longtime Republican donor, Holtzman Oil founder William B. Holtzman. He has donated $1.9 million to her campaigns and those of other Virginia Republicans over the past 10 years, including $611,000 toward Vogel’s current bid.
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Vogel was appointed chief counsel to the Republican National Committee in 2004, under her ticketmate Gillespie, who was then chairman.
After establishing her own firm, Vogel made “strategic hires” from the world of politics that helped fuel its rapid growth, Mitchell said.
Vogel’s firm includes her husband, Alex Vogel, former chief counsel to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.); Tom Josefiak, a former Federal Election Commission chairman and general counsel to President George W. Bush’s 2004 campaign; and Jason Torchinsky, deputy general counsel for that campaign.
Along with super PAC American Crossroads, HVJT has represented its tax-exempt affiliate, Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, which pioneered the use of nonprofits as dark-money political players. Known as 501(c)(4) groups, they are allowed to keep their contributors secret as long as they don’t spend most of their money on politics.
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Vogel’s ties to many of the super PACs and dark-money groups are a matter of public record, disclosed in Federal Election Commission and IRS filings. In addition to reporting payments to the firm, the organizations sometimes use HVJT’s Warrenton address as their own and list HVJT lawyers as their treasurers or other officials.
Years ahead of Vogel’s statewide campaign, one of her partners spoke to a reporter about the firm’s work, which he described as helping clients with legitimate free-speech rights navigate a shifting legal landscape.
"The rules keep changing," Torchinsky told Bloomberg News in 2012, "which is part of the reason that people need law firms to figure out how to speak."
Laura VozzellaLaura Vozzella covers Virginia politics for The Washington Post. Before joining The Post, she was a political columnist and food writer at the Baltimore Sun, and she has also worked for the Associated Press, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Hartford Courant. Follow =facing soLibel case over North Carolina voter fraud lies moves forwardBy Sue SturgisOctober 15, 2021 - The N.C. Court of Appeals recently rejected a request from the Pat McCrory Committee Defense Fund and the law firm Holtzman Vogel to throw out a libel suit filed against them for falsely accusing voters of committing fraud in the 2016 election. After the former Republican governor narrowly lost to Democrat Roy Cooper that year, McCrory's campaign and its legal agents worked to sow doubt about the election's integrity — a strategy taken to new levels by Donald Trump following his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.POLITICS
INSTITUTE INDEX: Virginia senator's law firm promotes GOP voter fraud liesBy Sue SturgisNovember 16, 2020 - Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky, whose managing partner is Virginia state Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R), was one of three main law firms involved in this year's unprecedented election litigation. That work continued the partners' longtime efforts to create the appearance of voter fraud where none exists — a gambit that's gotten the firm sued for defamation in North Carolina.HUMAN RIGHTSPOLITICS
Courts reject Louisiana officials' bid to block remedies for racist judicial electionsBy Sue SturgisNovember 22, 2017 - A lawsuit that led to judicial elections in Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish being declared racially discriminatory will move to the remedial stage despite efforts by the governor and attorney general — with help from a controversial law firm — to block a fix.HUMAN RIGHTSPOLITICS
Louisiana hires controversial law firm to block fix for racist judicial electionsBy Sue SturgisOctober 20, 2017 - Facing legal action in North Carolina for filing false claims of voter fraud after last year's close governor's race, Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky is now opposing the NAACP in a lawsuit over judicial elections in Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish. The Virginia-based firm's managing partner is a GOP state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in that state.HUMAN RIGHTSPOLITICS
Prominent VA politician implicated in NC GOP voter fraud deceitBy Sue SturgisApril 28, 2017 - The law firm managed by Jill Holtzman Vogel — a Virginia state senator and GOP candidate for lieutenant governor — is at the center of a scandal over false accusations of voter fraud in North Carolina.=off bs<p style="background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 22px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; line-height: 22px;">Tom Josefiak joined the firm in 2008. Tom previously served as the Chief Counsel of the RNC. He was responsible for the day-to-day legal operations of the RNC, including ensuring that all activities of the RNC, its officers and employees complied with applicable federal and state election laws. Tom served in various legal positions at the RNC from 1992 until 1995 when he became the Chief Counsel. In May of 2003, Tom was asked to serve as General Counsel for Bush-Cheney ’04, where he was responsible for all of the campaign’s legal matters. Following the 2004 election, he served as General Counsel to the 55th Presidential Inaugural Committee. At the conclusion of the 2005 Inauguration, he returned to the RNC as Chief Counsel. Tom joined the firm after serving as Of Counsel at the Republican National Committee and Of Counsel to the 2008 Republican National Convention.<p style="background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 22px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; line-height: 22px;">In 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed Tom to a six-year term as Commissioner on the Federal Election Commission (FEC). He served as FEC Chairman during the 1988 presidential election and as Vice Chairman of the FEC and Chairman of the Finance Committee in 1987. Prior to his appointment as FEC Commissioner, Tom was Special Deputy to the Secretary of the Senate from 1981 to 1985, representing the Secretary as a full-time, Ex-Officio Commissioner at the FEC. As Special Counsel to the Minority of the Committee on House Administration from 1977 to 1979, he assisted Republican members in proposing and amending election law legislation, resulting in the passage of the 1979 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act. He was Counsel to the National Republican Congressional Committee from 1977 to 1980 and served as a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Rep. Silvio Conte (R-Mass). Tom, a U.S. Army veteran, is a native of Adams, Mass., a graduate of Fairfield University in Connecticut and Georgetown University Law School.=<a href="https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/03/bankers-back-away-profit-prison-companies-step-political-spending">https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/03/bankers-back-away-profit-prison-companies-step-political-spending</a>The U.S. for-profit prison industry, already facing organized opposition from human rights and justice reform advocates, got some bad news recently from its bankers.JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest U.S. bank measured by assets, this week <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jp-morgan-prisons-idUSKCN1QM1LE" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">announced</a> its intention to stop financing private operators of prisons and immigrant detention centers after an evaluation of costs and benefits. The move follows banking giant Wells Fargo's recent <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jpmorgan-stop-financing-private-prisons-detention-centers-after-protests-n979491" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">decision</a> to scale back its involvement with the private prison industry as part of its risk management efforts. The decisions are a blow to an industry with a business model that relies on debt financing in the form of credit, loans, and bonds for day-to-day operations as well as for buying smaller companies.The banks' announcements come amid a years-long campaign by advocacy groups that targeted the industry's bankers. For example, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo were among the six Wall Street firms identified in a 2016 <a href="https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/wp-content/uploads/ITPI_BanksPrivatePrisonCompanies_Nov2016.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">report</a> by California-based privatization watchdog In the Public Interest (ITPI) as financing the debt of the two biggest U.S. for-profit prison companies: Nashville, Tennessee-based CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America), which at the time had total debt of about $1.5 billion, and The GEO Group of Boca Raton, Florida, with debt of about $1.9 billion.In 2017, after release of the ITPI report, the national progressive advocacy group Center for Popular Democracy launched the <a href="https://populardemocracy.org/blog/national-launch-corporate-backers-hate-campaign" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">"Corporate Backers of Hate"</a> campaign to target "some of the companies which most egregiously prioritize profits over people," including JPMorgan and Wells Fargo. Activists kicked off the campaign with civil disobedience at JPMorgan's Manhattan headquarters, followed by rallies outside of shareholder meetings in Texas and Delaware. Last July, activists working with the campaign held a protest outside the New York City home of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon that led to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/25/us/immigration-protest-banks/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">eight arrests</a>.Meanwhile, more than 80 organizations from immigrant rights groups to social investing firms came together last year as part of the <a href="https://www.familiesbelongtogether.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">Families Belong Together</a> campaign to create a corporate accountability committee targeting big banks through strategies aimed at both industry insiders and consumers. At the same time, activists intensified scrutiny of the industry's other financing. For example, a national initiative called <a href="https://www.realmoneymoves.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">Real Money Moves</a> is calling on athletes, actors, artists, and activists to keep their money out of private prison companies, and a <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/calstrs-joins-pensions-divesting-from-private-prisons-1541782365" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">growing number of public pension funds</a> are divesting from the industry, whose stock prices <a href="https://observer.com/2018/06/private-prison-stocks-soar-amid-immigration-crisis/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">have soared</a> under the Trump administration and its punitive immigration policies.Then last month, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-25/ocasio-cortez-wants-hearing-on-banks-funding-immigrant-prisons" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">called for hearings</a> on banks' funding of private prisons that hold undocumented immigrants. "We're going to hold oversight hearings to make these banks accountable for investing in and making money off of the detention of immigrants," she said at an event hosted by an immigrants' rights advocacy group in New York City. "Because it's wrong." While just <a href="https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=nps" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">over 8 percent</a> of all U.S. prisoners are held in private facilities, <a href="https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/detention-statistics" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">over 60 percent</a> of those in U.S. immigrant detention are, with CoreCivic and The GEO Group together holding about 15,000 people in immigrant detention each day.Under mounting pressure from critics, private-prison firms are stepping up their already-considerable political influence operations. The industry spent over <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/induscode.php?id=G7000&year=2018" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">$3.8 million on lobbying</a> at the federal level in 2018 alone, and over <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?cycle=2018&ind=G7000" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">$1.9 million on campaign contributions</a> during the 2018 campaign cycle, according to OpenSecrets.org. That's a significant increase over the industry's spending of <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/induscode.php?id=G7000&year=2014" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">$2.1 million on lobbying</a> and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2018&ind=G7000" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">$522,000 on campaign contributions</a> in the 2014 cycle.<h2 class="h3" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 25px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">CoreCivic's latest lobbying hires</h2>CoreCivic, the second-largest U.S. private-prison company after The GEO Group, last month retained the lobbying services of The Vogel Group, an influential bipartisan lobbying firm headquartered in Washington, D.C, as ITPI reported in its latest weekly <a href="https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/weekly-privatization-report-big-st-louis-airport-vote-private-prison-lobbying-ramps-up-and-more/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">privatization report</a>. The issue code on the <a href="https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=getFilingDetails&filingID=F7A74123-1FEE-4A22-B9AD-B48F1C8E50E6&filingTypeID=1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">lobbying registration paperwork</a>? Banking.The move expands CoreCivic's already-considerable lobbying operation. In 2018 alone, the company spent over $1.2 million lobbying at the federal level, with that money split between six prominent firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, the <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?indexType=l" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">largest U.S. lobbying firm</a> by revenue; Gephardt Group, the Atlanta-based labor consultancy of former U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri; Greenberg Traurig, another of the largest U.S. lobbying firms; Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, whose <a href="http://hhqventures.com/bios/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">partners</a> include the son of former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle; Miller Strategies, whose CEO previously <a href="https://www.millerstrategies.com/who-we-are" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">worked for</a> former Texas governor and current U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry; and Simmons & Russell Group, whose <a href="http://www.srgroupdc.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">principals</a> have served as chiefs of staff for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas.The Vogel Group lobbyists who'll be working with CoreCivic are CEO Alex Vogel, who previously lobbied for the company from 2010 to 2014, and principal Brian M. Johnson. The two men bring a wealth of conservative political connections and experience.Vogel served as chief counsel for U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, a Republican who represented Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. He also served as general counsel for the National Republican Senatorial Committee and deputy counsel for the Republican National Committee, <a href="https://littlesis.org/person/17661-Alex_Vogel#" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">according to LittleSis</a>, a database that tracks power networks. Vogel is married to Virginia state senator and former Republican lieutenant governor candidate Jill Holtzman Vogel and is a <a href="https://www.hvjt.law/professionals/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">partner</a>in her law firm, Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky, which is currently embroiled in <a href="https://www.facingsouth.org/sites/default/files/17CVS3273Bouvier_0.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">an ongoing lawsuit</a> over its role in wrongly accusing Democratic voters of felony voter fraud in the 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election.Johnson previously headed federal relations for the American Petroleum Institute, a leading oil and gas lobby, and for Americans for Tax Reform, an anti-tax advocacy group founded and led by Grover Norquist, a prominent Republican political operative who has <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/rolling-back-20th-century/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">said</a> his goal is to bring America back to what it was "up until Teddy Roosevelt, when the socialists took over. The income tax, the death tax, regulation, all that."Johnson also used to direct the Alliance for Worker Freedom, <a href="https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1856/center-for-worker-freedom-formerly-known-as-alliance-for-worker-freedom#.XIKeVa2B2t9" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">now called</a> the Center for Worker Freedom (CWF), a project of Norquist's group that opposes labor unions. In 2014, for example, CWF led a public relations effort against the United Auto Workers (UAW) effort to organize a Volkswagen manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, using tactics that included billboards <a href="https://www.facingsouth.org/2014/04/voices-another-lying-tennessee-politician-exposed-.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">claiming</a> the UAW is a cover for the "United Obama Workers." The union lost that vote, but the following year a group of skilled trades workers at the plant voted to form a micro-union, though the company has <a href="https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2019/jan/21/global-union-suspends-vw-agreement-over-chattanooga-plant-dispute/487054/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">refused to bargain</a> with it. A union foe like Johnson would likely feel at home working on behalf of the private prison industry, where <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/es_20161021_private_prisons_economics.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">few workers belong to unions</a> and typically make much less than workers in public prisons.The statement CoreCivic released in response to JPMorgan's announcement offers a hint of what the industry's messaging strategy might look like as the political fight over private prisons continues. The company said that it is "disappointed" with the bank's decision, as Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-05/jpmorgan-ends-financing-of-private-prisons-following-criticism" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">reported</a>, which it claimed had played "an important role in creating better conditions for inmates entrusted in our care."
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<div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en">Jill Holtzman Vogel is a partner in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/HoltzmanVogel_PLLC" title="HoltzmanVogel PLLC">HoltzmanVogel PLLC</a>.

Holtzman Vogel is "running for the 2007 <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a> nomination for the [Virginia] State Senate seat [in the 27th District] now held by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/GOP" title="GOP" class="mw-redirect">GOP</a> Sen. Russ Potts. Holtzman Vogel ran for the same nomination in 2003, but withdrew in favor of Mark Tate." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.vpap.org/cands/cand_index.cfm?ToKey=COM00647">[1]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://jillholtzman.com/">[2]</a>

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<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jill_Holtzman_Vogel#Profiles">1 Profiles</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jill_Holtzman_Vogel#Contact_Information">2 Contact Information</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jill_Holtzman_Vogel#Related_SourceWatch_Resources">3 Related SourceWatch Resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jill_Holtzman_Vogel#External_links">4 External links</a></li></ul>

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According to her firm <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.holtzmanlaw.net/holtzman/">profile</a>,

Vogel "specializes in ethics, campaign finance and tax exempt

organizations. In addition to managing the firm, in February 2004, she

was named Chief Counsel of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">Republican National Committee</a>.

As counsel, she led the national party’s legal effort during the 2004

Presidential election. Prior to founding the practice, she served as

Deputy Counsel at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Department_of_Energy" title="U.S. Department of Energy">Department of Energy</a>, overseeing the transition and working with the White House, Energy Secretary <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Spencer_Abraham" title="Spencer Abraham">Abraham</a>,

and other Federal Agencies to implement Energy initiatives. Prior to

that, she served as Deputy Counsel at the Republican National Committee.

During November and December of 2000, she served as counsel in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.election_irregularities_in_2000" title="U.S. election irregularities in 2000">Florida Presidential Recount</a>, acting on behalf of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush-Cheney%2704_Inc." title="Bush-Cheney '04 Inc.">Bush-Cheney campaign</a> in West Palm Beach and in Osceola County. She also served as staff counsel for the 1996 <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_National_Convention" title="Republican National Convention">Republican National Convention</a>

in San Diego, California. Jill holds a B.A. in Government and Religion

from the College of William and Mary, and a J.D. from DePaul University

School of Law in Chicago, Illinois."

<h2> Contact Information</h2>

Campaign website links: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://jillholtzman.com/">http://jillholtzman.com/</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.votejill.com/">http://www.votejill.com/</a>

<h2> Related SourceWatch Resources</h2>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">Bill Frist</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Vets_for_Freedom" title="Vets for Freedom">Vets for Freedom</a></li></ul>

<h2> External links</h2>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vpap.org/cands/cand_index.cfm?ToKey=COM00647">Holtzman Vogel for Senate</a>, VPAP.org.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gop.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=3940">"RNC Chairman Names Jill Holtzman Vogel Chief Counsel at the RNC,"</a> GOP.com, February 23, 2004.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/07/moveon.ads/index.html">"RNC tells TV stations not to run anti-Bush ads. GOP committee says MoveOn.org's spots are illegally financed,"</a> CNN, March 7, 2004.</li><li>Josephine Hearn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:uFso8PysscAJ:www.hillnews.com/business/092104_profile.aspx+%22Jill+Holtzman%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=21">"Former Frist aide combines lobbying, election know-how. Vogel built career keeping members ‘out of trouble’" (cache file)</a> The Hill, September 21, 2004.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rnchq.org/news/read.aspx?ID=5095">"RNC Chief Counsel Jill Holtzman Vogel Returning To Practicing Law In Virginia,"</a> GOP.com, January 26, 2005.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://commonwealthwatch.blogspot.com/2005/04/holtzman-vogel-in-27th.html">"Holtzman-Vogel in the 27th,"</a> Commonwealth Watch Blogspot, April 12, 2005.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/17/politics/main1134721.shtml">"Frist's Charity Under Scrutiny,"</a> CBS News, December 17, 2005.</li></ul>

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Vogel "served as Chief Counsel to former Senate Majority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">Bill Frist</a>, M.D. According to his Holtzman Vogel <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.holtzmanlaw.net/vogel/">profile</a>, Vogel "continues to serve" as counsel to Frist's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Volunteer_PAC" title="Volunteer PAC">Volunteer PAC</a> (<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a>).

Vogel "was responsible for political and legislative strategy on tort

reform, technology, telecommunications, asbestos, entertainment

industry issues and campaign finance reform." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mehlmanvogel.com/bios.htm#alex">[1]</a>

He "left Capitol Hill and teamed up with former White House technology policy chief <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bruce_Mehlman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bruce Mehlman (page does not exist)">Bruce Mehlman</a> in May 2004 to form a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lobbying_firm" title="Lobbying firm" class="mw-redirect">lobbying shop</a> with impeccable GOP connections.

"Vogel has been deputy counsel to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">Republican National Committee</a> and worked as a campaign lawyer for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush-Cheney_%2704_Inc." title="Bush-Cheney '04 Inc.">Bush-Cheney 2000</a>

during the election recount. His access to the White House and senior

Republican lawmakers will be critical to his clients as they seek

last-minute tweaks to DTV, indecency and other media-related legislation

heading to votes on the Senate and House floors," Bill McConnell <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA621494.html?display=3DFeature&referral=3DSUPP">wrote</a> June 27, 2005, for Broadcasting & Cable.

"Prior to serving the Majority Leader, Vogel served as General Counsel for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Republican_Senatorial_Committee" title="National Republican Senatorial Committee">National Republican Senatorial Committee</a>

(NRSC). During Vogel's tenure, the NRSC waged an unprecedented campaign

culminating in the historic recapture of the United States Senate

majority by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republicans</a>.

"Before joining the Senatorial Committee, Vogel served as Deputy Counsel of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">Republican National Committee</a>

(RNC), where he was responsible for campaign finance and other

political law issues. Specifically, Vogel advised the Republican

National Committee and its state party organizations on issues relating

to federal, state and local election and campaign finance laws and

regulations. During November and December of 2000, Vogel served as

counsel in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.election_irregularities_in_2000" title="U.S. election irregularities in 2000">Presidential Recount</a>, acting on behalf of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush-Cheney%2704_Inc." title="Bush-Cheney '04 Inc.">Bush-Cheney campaign</a> in Florida and in Oregon.

"In 1999, Vogel served as General Counsel to Vice President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dan_Quayle" title="Dan Quayle" class="mw-redirect">Dan Quayle</a> during the Quayle 2000 presidential campaign.

"Prior to serving Vice President Quayle, Vogel spent several years in

the telecommunications, election law and government ethics practices of

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wiley,Rein%26_Fielding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiley, Rein & Fielding (page does not exist)">Wiley, Rein & Fielding</a>.

"A frequent lecturer and speaker on politics and elections, Vogel has addressed diverse audiences including the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/German_Marshall_Fund" title="German Marshall Fund">German Marshall Fund</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute">CATO Institute</a>, and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kennedy_School_of_Government" title="Kennedy School of Government" class="mw-redirect">Kennedy School of Government</a>

at Harvard University. Mr. Vogel has twice been named to Roll Call

newspaper's 'Fabulous 50,' a listing of the most influential people on

Capitol Hill. Vogel was also appointed to the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Bar_Association" title="American Bar Association">American Bar Association</a>'s Advisory Commission to the Standing Committee on Election Law. Vogel is also a partner in the government affairs firm of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mehlman%26_Vogel,Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mehlman & Vogel, Inc. (page does not exist)">Mehlman & Vogel, Inc.</a>

"Vogel attended the University of California at San Diego, and

received his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School,

where he was a member of the GW Law Review and a member of the National

Moot Court Team. Vogel is resident in the District of Columbia office,

and is a member of the District of Columbia and California bars."

<h2> Other Affiliations</h2>

<h2> Related SourceWatch articles</h2>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Center_for_Voting_Rights" title="American Center for Voting Rights">American Center for Voting Rights</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Vets_for_Freedom" title="Vets for Freedom">Vets for Freedom</a></li></ul>

<h2> External links</h2>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mehlmanvogel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=62">Bio: Alex N. Vogel</a>, Mehlman Vogel Castagnelli.</li><li>Josephine Hearn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:uFso8PysscAJ:www.hillnews.com/business/092104_profile.aspx+%22Jill+Holtzman%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=21">"Former Frist aide combines lobbying, election know-how. Vogel built career keeping members ‘out of trouble’" (cache file)</a> The Hill, September 21, 2004.</li><li>Bill McConnell, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA621494">"Washington’s

Hidden Persuaders. A handful of players are behind every big decision,

consensus or roadblock in Washington. With telecom, media and

entertainment taking priority in the nation’s capital, here’s a look at

who pulls the strings,"</a> Broadcasting & Cable, June 27, 2005.</li><li>Bob Fitrakis, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2005/1289">"Fake voting rights activists and groups linked to White House,"</a> Free Press, December 30, 2005.</li></ul>

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ALEC’s annual meeting was held at the same hotel immediately after the Academy.<br /><br />An invite published by CMD in July stated that “13 legislators from across the country” would be in attendance, but the materials acquired by CMD do not include an attendance list.<br /><br />Rather than email materials to ALEC lawmakers that may be subject to open records laws, ALEC distributed hard copies of the agenda at registration along with a “zip drive containing a resources document and a one-pager on your state’s election policies,” according to an email from Sarah Wall, ALEC’s manager of legislative outreach and coalitions, obtained by CMD. Wall’s email also lists Michael Bowman, president of ALEC Action, as a key contact for the event.<br /><br />Nelson tipped her hand about ALEC’s voter suppression subterfuge in May at a meeting of the far-right Council for National Policy. Video of the event obtained by CMD shows Nelson speaking frankly about ALEC’s work on voting and revealing its plans to outsource model policy on the controversial topic to avert the spotlight. “We don’t have model policy. We will be developing that at the Honest Elections Project [Academy], through them,” Nelson said.<br /><br /><b>Honest Elections Project, </b>the group ALEC chose to carry the ball on its voting agenda, is a dark money operation formed in February 2020 to push for voting restrictions and spread baseless and dangerous claims about election fraud, laying the groundwork for Trump’s attempt to overturn the election. It is a project of The 85 Fund, the new legal name for the Judicial Education Project, a group linked to Leonard Leo that played a central role in Trump’s effort to pack the federal judiciary with right-wing judges.<br /><br />Speakers at the Academy featured many of the key strategists and leaders on the Right spreading misinformation around voter fraud, promoting Trump’s lies around the 2020 election, and pushing sweeping new voting restrictions.<br /><br />Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita gave the keynote address. A proponent of Trump’s Big Lie that the election was stolen, Rokita recently testified in front of the U.S. Senate against strengthening the federal Voting Rights Act.<br /><br />Rokita was one of only four state attorneys general to not sign a National Association of Attorneys General letter condemning the Jan. 6 violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and is a member of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA). RAGA was a member of the “March to Save America” coalition that organized the Jan. 6 rally, and its policy arm, Rule of Law Defense Fund, sent out robocalls urging supporters to “march to the Capitol building and call on Congress to stop the steal.”<br />Agenda Focused on Election Legislation<br /><br />Most of the Academy sessions focused on legislation, giving legislators a chance to discuss bills to restrict voting that have already been introduced and passed in their states this year and hear from Republican-aligned leaders about what more they think needs to be done.<br /><br />By the time ALEC held its voter suppression Academy in July, 18 states had already passed 30 laws this year making it harder to vote, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.<br /><br />The Honest Elections Project’s Executive Director<b> Jason Snead</b>, who worked with ALEC to organize the event, laid out “priorities for election integrity across the states” and polling results in a breakfast session and appeared on another panel on how to “shore up” legislative control over election processes with Jason Torchinsky and Lee Goodman.<br /><br />The Honest Elections Project has aggressively promoted a radical legal theory called the “independent state legislatures doctrine,” which holds that state courts don’t have the authority to review state election laws and would empower heavily gerrymandered state legislatures to determine election outcomes.<br /><br />Republican legislators have already introduced and passed bills in 2021 “interfering with nonpartisan local election administration and consolidating power to administer and determine elections results themselves,” the Voting Rights Lab reported.<br /><br />Snead is a former senior policy analyst with the Heritage Foundation where he developed its Election Fraud Database, which the Brennan Center for Justice says “grossly exaggerated” the extent of voter fraud. <br /><b><br /></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"><b>Torchinsky </b>is general counsel for the National Republican Redistricting Trust and has been defending ALEC against CMD’s state complaints alleging that ALEC illegally gave sophisticated voter management campaign software linked to the Republican National Committee to its legislative members</span>.<br /><br />Goodman is an elections attorney and a former Republican chairman and commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) between 2013 and 2018.<br /><br />Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage Action, and Ken Blackwell, executive director of the MAGA voter suppression center at America First Policy Institute led another legislative session on “securing absentee ballots.” <br /><br />Anderson bragged to Heritage donors in April that policies, “severely restricting mail ballot drop boxes” and “preventing election officials from sending absentee ballot request forms to voters” were among recommendations Heritage gave Georgia for its massive voter suppression bill.<br /><br />Blackwell’s Center for Election Integrity recently published a “Top 25 Common-Sense State Election Integrity Reforms” fact sheet that includes these Heritage recommendations alongside other extreme voter suppression wish-list items, such as eliminating no-excuse absentee ballots and requiring an affidavit for absentee applications.<br /><br />Blackwell also moderated a panel at the Academy with state legislators “discussing election challenges they’ve faced in their own states.”<br /><br />Another panel over breakfast covered “things to consider with implementation of laws” related to election day voter registration, “election observer protections,” and organizing seniors to work the polls. Chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Donald Palmer, a Trump appointee, and Cleta Mitchell, chair of the Conservative Partnership Institute’s Election Integrity Network, led the session.<br /><br />Mitchell is a Big Lie fueler and Trump legal advisor who lost her job at Foley & Lardner following news that she participated in a January call in which Trump asked Georgia election officials to “find” enough votes to make him the winner of the state’s electoral votes.<br /><br />“On Dec. 30, Cleta Mitchell wrote to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and offered to send some 1,800 pages of documents purporting to support claims of election fraud,” The Washington Post Magazine reported. Meadows is now a colleague of Mitchell’s at the Conservative Partnership Institute.<br /><br />Three Republican secretaries of state, Tennessee’s Tre Hargett, Kentucky’s Michael Adams, and West Virginia’s Mac Warner, spoke on a panel about “what policies the states need to employ to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.”<br /><br />“Easier to vote and harder to cheat” has been a favored talking point of Republicans in recent years.<br /><br />All three are active in the Republican Secretaries of State Committee (RSSC), with Hargett serving as chair and Adams as vice chair. Republican secretaries of state produced a report on “Best Practices for Making It Easier to Vote and Harder to Cheat” for the Republican State Leadership Committee, obtained by CMD. <br /><br />The RSSC holds monthly calls that Commissioner Palmer often attends. Secretary Warner and Palmer also participated in an “off-the-record” Election University session on June 21 as part of the U.S. House GOP’s “Faith in Elections Project,” as first reported by CMD.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ALEC Lawmakers Consider Litigation<br /><br />ALEC’s Academy featured two panels on litigation. The first dealt with “anticipating challenges to the Voting Rights Act in Arizona,” legal challenges mounted by Democratic voting rights attorney Marc Elias, and redistricting fights, and was led by with Republican lawyers<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Torchinsky</span>, Michael Thielen, and Brian Barnes.<br /><br />Thielen is the executive director of the Republican National Lawyers Association and served on the national board of Lawyers for Trump in 2020. Barnes was involved in legal challenges to changes in voting procedures in North Carolina and Pennsylvania last fall.<br /><br />Goodman and Utah’s former Solicitor General Tyler Green led the second panel on “operationalizing litigation challenges.” Noted in the description of the panel are “ways to challenge the scope of litigation attacks on new election integrity legislation (defense) as well as advance the ball on election integrity (offense).”<br /><br />As of Oct. 3, “at least 43 voting cases have been filed in 12 states, and Georgia and Texas lead the way with ten new lawsuits each in 2021,” the Brennan Center reports.<br />Training Sessions on “the Left”<br /><br />Two trainings focused on “the Left” filled out the remaining agenda at the ALEC Academy. Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow and manager of the Heritage Foundation’s “Election Reform Initiative,” and Ken Cuccinelli, former Trump staffer and chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative, led a session focused on “the Left’s attack on our election system” through “state-level attacks on election integrity legislation” and HR 1, the sweeping voting rights and campaign reform bill pending in Congress. <br /><br />Spakovsky, who was appointed by Trump to his ill-fated Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity, has been a major mouthpiece of the voter fraud myth from the Right for well over a decade.<br /><br />President of the Capital Research Center Scott Walter gave the keynote for a “Mapping the Left Lunch.” Walter and CRC received funding from the Bradley Foundation to develop&nbsp; an “Online Encyclopedia of the Left,” inspired by CMD’s SourceWatch, called “Influence Watch.” The site was “constructed in partnership with Berman and Company,” run by PR spin doctor Richard Berman, and in collaboration with ALEC.<br /><br />===<br /><br /></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">====</font><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></div></div></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></div>