Posted on 06/24/2023 8:26:01 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A cabal of Political Action Committees is funneling money overwhelmingly to left-wing political causes using funds secured by affiliated groups through "sweetheart contracts" with the public sector, a watchdog group has warned.
A recent report from Alliance for Consumers describes a "shady trial lawyer pipeline" in which the PACs make nearly all of their donations in support of Democratic candidates using money channeled from the beneficiaries of open-ended, ambiguous contracts intended to provide "consumer protection."
"While the Shady Trial Lawyer Pipeline helps politicians funnel public money toward left-wing politics, it leaves everyday consumers and taxpayers with a horrible deal," the report reads.
These contracts, the report states, often include no expiration date, lack appropriate conflicts protection, and are often just pages long. Much of the money stemming from these contracts, AFC asserts, ultimately makes it into the hands of a handful of groups the organization terms the "Shady Trial Lawyer PACs."
The groups include the Truth and Justice Fund Company, AAJ PAC, and a handful of Justice PACs established for each two year election cycle since 2018. AAJ PAC is affiliated with trade group American Association for Justice, formerly known as the Trial Lawyers of America. Each group, however, "is closely tied to plaintiff-side trial firms and power by money flowing out of firms that have contracts with state or local governments," AFC asserts.
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
do they need this level of reduncy in the title /s
Ha!
They did have to clarify that it was a trial lawyer, as opposed to the other kinds of lawyers.
The study of criminal law is the find the loopholes.
Just wait until you see what the Bribe-den Administration has in store for us next time.
The “Alliance for Consumers” link doesn’t work for me.
You could try going to the actual article.
Or you could sit on your hands and whine.
Your choice.
“In 1996, Hagens Berman was hired by Washington state’s attorney general to sue tobacco companies. At the time, lawsuits against tobacco companies for causing cancer and addiction had been largely unsuccessful. However, new evidence made public by whistleblowers showed tobacco companies intentionally targeted children in their advertising and misled the public about the effects of smoking. Hagens Berman later represented 13 states in the lawsuit out of 46 participating U.S. states. The case was settled in 1998 for a total of $206 billion.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagens_Berman
This was going on in the 1970s.
Thanks.
That’s exactly what I do when I see another poster’s malformed HTML.
The slip and fall lawyers are among the rats biggest contributors for a reason
BTTT for shady lawyers.
The 98% making the other 2% look bad.
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