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Make America Dandy Again PAC
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Basic facts
Location: New York
Type: Super PAC
Top official: Mike Ciletti
Founder(s): Leslie Caldwell
Yr founded: 2015
Website: Official website
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Make America Great Again PAC (MAGA PAC) was a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC. Information technology was established in July 2022 by Leslie Caldwell. The super PAC filed termination paperwork on July half dozen, 2016, with the FEC and refunded over a $1 million to its donors.[i] [two]

Background

Founded in July 2015, Make America Corking Again PAC (MAGA PAC) was a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC established by Leslie Caldwell. Co-ordinate to the FEC Statement of Organization, Caldwell was the custodian of record and treasurer.[3]

In Oct 2015, the super PAC announced it intended to close down. Mike Ciletti, the group's managing director, said at the fourth dimension, "Mr. Trump has said he doesn't have a super PAC. And then to honor his wishes, I'thousand shutting my organization down."[4] On July 6, 2016, MAGA PAC filed for termination with the FEC, finer ending the super PAC. The super PAC refunded $ane,033,000 to its donors.[2] [i]

Finances

2016

According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Brand America Great Again PAC reported $157,714 in total receipts and $109,350 in total disbursements during calendar year 2022 prior to filing for termination.[v]

2015

Co-ordinate to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Brand America Great Once again PAC reported $1,742,684 in total receipts and $one,584,969 in total disbursements during calendar twelvemonth 2015.[6]

Noteworthy donors

Phillip Ruffin, who contributed $1 million, is the owner of Treasure Island Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, while Seryl Kushner, who gave $100,000 is Trump's girl Ivanka Trump's mother-in-constabulary.[7] [8] The Washington Post noted that "Make America Great Again eventually refunded Ruffin's money and a few other contributions in December after spending about one-half a one thousand thousand dollars on consulting, legal expenses, travel, polling and other costs."[1] Beneath is a list of the top five donors in 2015.

Height five 2022 donors to MAGA PAC[ix]
Proper noun Contribution amount
Phillip Ruffin $i,000,000
Andrew Beal $100,000
Michael Dezertov $100,000
Seryl Kushner $100,000
Phillip Pilevsky $100,000

Legal status

Brand America Bang-up Again PAC was a super PAC. A super PAC is a political committee that tin solicit and spend unlimited sums of money. A super PAC cannot contribute direct to a politician or political party, but it can spend independently to entrada for or confronting political figures. These committees are also called independent expenditure-only committees. A super PAC is not legally considered a political activeness committee (PAC) and equally such is regulated nether separate rules.[10] [eleven]

Noteworthy events

Declared connections to Trump entrada

On October 20, 2015, The Washington Postal service reported that there were several connections between the super PAC and Trump's campaign.[12] Mike Ciletti, who was a consultant for the super PAC according to Politico, had too received payments from the Trump campaign for consulting piece of work.[13] Such interaction is permissible by law, provided that precautions are taken to guarantee that no coordination takes place between the two organizations. The Washington Postal service also reported that the super PAC used donor information obtained through the campaign to generate their own fundraising list.[13] [12]

In an interview on March 24, 2016, Stephanie Cegielski, a former spokeswoman for the grouping, stated, "I am glad [Trump] has brought more people to the political process but I question his power to be the leader of this land."[xiv]

In an open alphabetic character on March 28, 2016, Cegielski explained why she no longer supported Trump:[15]

" I don't think fifty-fifty Trump thought he would get this far. And I don't even know that he wanted to, which is perhaps the scariest prospect of all. He certainly was never prepared or equipped to go all the way to the White House, just his ego has now taken over the commuter's seat, and naught else matters. ... His ego has at present taken over the driver's seat, and aught else matters. The Donald does not fail. The Donald does not accept any weakness. The Donald is his own biggest enemy. ... Trump acts every bit if he'due south a fictional character. Merely like Hercules, Donald Trump is a work of fiction.[16] "

Recent news

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See also

  • Donald Trump
  • Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
  • Super PAC
  • Republican presidential election super PACs, 2016

External links

  • Brand America Great Over again PAC, archived January 27, 2016

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 ane.1 ane.2 The Washington Post, "Longtime Trump friend seeded pro-Trump super PAC with $1 million," February 4, 2016
  2. 2.0 2.ane FEC, "Termination, Make America Swell Over again PAC," accessed Baronial 23, 2016
  3. FEC, "Argument of Organization," accessed October 20, 2015
  4. Politician, "Pro-Trump super PAC shuts downwardly," October 22, 2015
  5. Federal Election Commission, "Brand America Great Again PAC Year-Finish Written report, 2016," February 24, 2017
  6. Federal Ballot Commission, "Make America Great Again PAC Year-Stop Written report, 2015," May 23, 2016
  7. Forbes, "Phillip Ruffin," accessed February 26, 2016
  8. The New York Times, "Donald Trump Pays a Visit to His Not-Then-Poor Relations," August 23, 2015
  9. Open Secrets, "Make America Great Again PAC," accessed October 24, 2016
  10. The Atlantic, "The New York Times' Disingenuous Entrada Against Citizens United," February 24, 2012
  11. The New York Times, "Who'due south Financing the 'Super PACs?" May vii, 2012
  12. 12.0 12.1 The Washington Post, "The inside story of Trump campaign's connections to a big-money super PAC," October 18, 2015
  13. thirteen.0 13.1 Politico, "Trump attended large-donor fundraiser last month," August 23, 2015
  14. Gratis Beacon, "Quondam Pro-Trump Operative Disavows GOP Frontrunner," March 24, 2016
  15. XOJane, "An Open up Letter of the alphabet to Trump Voters from His Top Strategist-Turned-Defector," March 28, 2016
  16. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Whatever inconsistencies are owing to the original source.