Let's be clear: those are tax dollars being used in what amounts to a slush fund. The GAO, FBI and FEC should ask the CBC Foundation to release all official documents.
QUESTION Can the CBC members prove where they spent the $10,000? The IRS has targeted Foundations as the locus classicus for tax evasion and money laundering.
CBC members, like Johnson, who aid and abet felonies harm taxpayers and could be charged with various crimes. The FBI should interrogate Johnson and other CBS members to determine if votes were exchanged for government favors--money, jobs, political cover to facilitate the deception, and whether CBC members colluded to misuse Congessional influence.
FBI TIP PAGE http://tips.fbi.gov/ (you may remain anonymous)
POSSIBLE CHARGES Official acts prohibited, misuse of Congressional funds, abuse of public office, violating oath of office, misuse of government position, abuse of government power; conflict of interest; influence buying; conspiracy to deceive; misuse of elective office, collusion, conspiracy to collude.
Johnson's official campaign finance records filed with the FEC, and state election commission, should be scrutinized for possible violations. Determine if names of Johnson's contributors are legit and whether Johnson (and other CBS members) illegally used Foundation funds for campaigns, and whether Johnson and other CBS members received campaign contributions to influence Congressional votes. Johnson and other CBS members may have illegally conspired to collude to give something of value, tax dollars, a govt gratuity, a job, etc, in exchange for votes.
CBC Foundation recipients who misused tax dollars are subject to prosecution.
HERE'S WHAT TO DO:
(1) Express your concerns about CBC members who misappropriate tax dollars.
FBI TIP PAGE http://tips.fbi.gov/ (you may remain anonymous)
(2) Contact the IRS to report suspected tax fraud and tax law violations by officials using tax dollars in ways not disclosed publicly.
IRS TOLL-FREE Tel 1-800-829-0433 You may remain anonymous.
(3) Demand that banks holding CBC Foundation tax dollars conduct an outside audit immediately and reveal their findings (or you will report banks to state and federal regulators).
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L/E should subpoena all CBC Foundation documents. Insiders found stealing and conveying (or destroying) official govt records should be prosecuted.
L/E should look at Computer Trespass--a class C felony if access is made with the intent to commit a crime and/or the violation involves a computer or database maintained by a government agency.
For many years here on FR I have been complaining about the abuse of the US nonprofit corporation laws. Way too many times the handlers of thee nonprofits are using them to push their own political agenda, to line their own pockets or to outright compete with real corporations. I looked at the 990 for this group. Here is a link to the actual 2008 IRS 990 filing. Note pages numbers 7 and 8. They have a huge amount of payroll compared to their income.
Check out their cash and assets on page 13. Take a look at page 22. Their main handler, Elsi Scott, made $211,500 in 2008 and the next person made $170,100.
Look at page #24. They spent nearly $27,000 on NIKE shoes!
They brought in approx. $8 million in 2008. They received $225,000 in government grants ( page 9, part e). Out of that they only spent $675,000 on scholarships.
Check it out:
Something has to be done about these nonprofits that have no business being nonprofits! This particular one is one of several that the Congressional Black Caucus has. Why?