Posted on 01/05/2020 3:31:53 AM PST by Libloather
WASHINGTON The late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore left $1 million in unspent campaign funds, according to election records. That raised an unanswered question: What happens to all that money now?
In Washington, the campaign accounts of deceased and former lawmakers can legally stay active for years. Under federal election rules, the Cummings for Congress Campaign Committee is permitted to contribute - within certain limits - to federal, state or local candidates, political party committees or political action committees. Thats a course that many other congressional campaign accounts have taken.
But Cummings, a Democratic House leader known for his dedication to civil rights and to Baltimore, had other ideas, according to one of his chief political aides.
Before his death Oct. 17, Cummings expressed that he wanted the unspent funds donated to youth programs, such as those helping needy students pay for college, campaign treasurer Ronald Thompson said in an email to The Baltimore Sun.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
She can just taste that loot...
NEW SHOES and FURS!!
Off shore accounts take the money and run
Notice that they only talk of the political contributions? Not a word is mentioned about interest earned off it. It’s basically an Annuity at this point, no?
Surely it would be donated all of it to their favorite charity ... the feral gubmint, no?
Politicians writing the rules about unused campaign funds smells a bit fishy.
Everything our self proclaimed elites do is fishy.
Yeah, sure......the deceased (and his wife) are dedicated altruists........cackle.
CONG JIM JORDAN WRITES CUMMINGS: .....you have the authority to direct Committee staff to travel internationally on official committee business, yet you have not explained (A) why you authorized tax-paid travel to Mexico or (B) what you sought to learn through these trips, adding that Republicans were not notified of the trips.
Jordan accused Democrats of seeking to delegitimize the administrations border security efforts and are vilifying the men and women who protect our border. GOP members are concerned the trips could continue to result in misleading information about the administrations border security efforts.Fox News has reached out to Cummings' office for a response to Republicans' claims. [ ]--SNIP--
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Cummings is on-record, allocating $4.6 billion for illegal immigrants on the border...... but homeless people in West Baltimore two blocks from his district get nothing. One constituent said-"I havent seen Elijah Cummings in ten years."
President Trump called out Cummings disrespect of Border Patrol agents during a committee hearing, drawing attention to the conditions in Baltimore. Rep. Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA, the president tweeted.
Global Policy Solutions received more than $6.2 million in grants between 2013 and 2016, according to tax records. Several of the nonprofit groups financial backers which included Google, J.P Morgan and Prudential have business interests before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Cummings has served as Democratic chairman of the committee since January and previously served as ranking member.
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NARRATIVE: It is very common for shysters in business to open bank accounts with similar names as the legit business in order o siphon off money to hide it from partners, associates, investors, the IRS, etc.Here's how Cummings and his wife siphoned off huge amounts for themselves.
<><> early on they established two entities, one non-profit and a for profit.
<><> as the money poured into the N/P, Cummings and Rockymoore systematically transferred monies to the private company with a similar name.
Keep in mind, the private company, unlike the N/P, is exempt from reporting all of their significant expenditures like he n/p does
SIPHONINGS A CINCH Just put checks into the new accounts with similar names, depositing checks that were made out to the original entity. Even your bank advises that if a check-writer mis-spelled your name, to just endorse the check with the correct name.
AND PRESTO: a check made out to N/P Global Policy Solutions, is deposited in the for profit Global Policy Solutions LLC account.
Some might ask how the IRS might close-down M/M Cummings gold mine of a scam. AFAIK, each bank records every check that is presented to its system-as well, the front and back of each check are copied. That means if the Cummings deposited checks made out to the n/p into its consulting account, the bank would have all of that recorded.
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NFL Linebacker Jack Brewer and Trump
ABC-NEWS ---- President Trumps criticism of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) over the living conditions in Baltimore were reportedly brought up at the request of former NFL player Jack Brewer. "I had a chance to meet with President Trump, and I told him please call out Elijah Cummings and Baltimore. I asked him to do that three weeks ago and he did it," the former NFL linebacker said on Fox Nations Deep Dive. Brewer explained he was motivated to reach out to Trump after a visit to Baltimore.
I'm seeing these kids that don't have any core, no culture within them. They don't have anyone teaching them or training them," he said.
Brewer, who went on to a successful business career after his playing days, blames the politicians in Baltimore for focusing only on "issues that help them raise money," instead of the issues plaguing the "poor black kids whose parents are not donating to their PACs and funds." Brewer called out Cummings directly for being "front and center" when it's politically convenient and questioned his lack of action in his own city.
Referencing the two horrific mass shootings that took 31 lives, he questioned why the 51 people shot in Baltimore and Chicago the same weekend went unnoticed. "We look and see all the hype over El Paso, my heart goes out to them, my heart goes out to Dayton, Ohio. But the same weekend, 51 people were shot between Chicago and Baltimore and no one says anything and these are the same lives." (FoxNews.com) President Trump recently called out Cummings disrespect of Border Patrol agents while drawing attention to the conditions in Baltimore.
Rep. Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA, the president tweeted.
$1 million? Is that all there is? I would think they would have squirreled away much much more.
Fund terrorism?
As the great Inspector Clouseau said, “There is something fishy in Denmark”.
Excellent post.
Thanks for taking the time.
Not mentioned, the money can also legally go to charities or foundations.
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings just happens to have such a foundation (the Center for Global Policy Solutions).
She can pay herself a salary from the foundation and use foundation money to pay her expenses.
How convenient.
Maybe they could hire a few rat catchers for his district.
The $ will be distributed to the needy minus a 90% administrative charge for the “needy” administrators.
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